Los Angeles Wildfire Maps

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Five wildfires are currently burning in Los Angeles. At the time of writing, three of the fires remain uncontained. So far, the fires have claimed at least five lives, and 137,000 people have been evacuated. Over 1,000 structures, including many homes, have also been lost. The Los Angeles Time’s California Widlfires Map uses data from CalFire, the National Interagency Fire Center, and the Maps Mania… more →
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More 2024 Maps of the Year

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On New Year’s Day, I posted the Maps Mania round-up of the 2024 Year in Maps. I am not the only one who has spent time exploring the best maps of 2024. The Global Investigative Journalism Network’s Top 10 Data Journalism Projects of 2024  included maps from Hungary’s Atlo, Japan’s Nikkei, and Germany’s netzpolitik. Danube Warming Up Atló’s Danube Warming Up uses a Mapbox story-map Maps Mania… more →
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Even More Scrambled Maps

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Scrambled Maps In September I released a new daily map challenge called Scrambled Maps. TripGeo then enhanced my original game by introducing options to define the number of map tiles and to play with random cities. Scrambled Maps has since become TripGeo’s most popular game. For instance, just yesterday, it was played over 1,000 times by people across the globe.TripGeo’s Scrambled Maps has Maps Mania… more →
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Scrambled Hex Maps

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Fresh from creating a mobile friendly update for Scrambled Maps, Tripgeo has now released an even trickier puzzle, called Scrambled Hex Maps.  If you love puzzles that challenge your spatial reasoning and problem-solving skills, Scramble Hex Maps is a game you won’t want to miss! This engaging daily challenge invites players to rearrange scrambled hexagonal maps into their correct Maps Mania… more →
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Scrambled Maps for Mobile

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Scrambled Maps Just Got a Mobile Makeover, Thanks to TripGeo!Great news for puzzle lovers! TripGeo has been hard at work to make Scrambled Maps even better – now fully optimized for mobile devices. If you love solving map challenges, you can now take Scrambled Maps with you wherever you go, right on your phone!For those new to the game, Scrambled Maps is a fun daily challenge where Maps Mania… more →
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Free Maps for All

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All my recent personal map projects (Backdrop, World Level Zero, Guess This City) are available for free online. However, because I make zero money from my maps, I cannot afford to host them myself or pay a provider for the map tiles that they use. This means I have to be a little creative in publishing my maps online.Thanks to the amazing Glitch and the generosity of TripGeo I am able to host Maps Mania… more →
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Scrambled Maps on Toast

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I have a new favorite daily breakfast map game. Everyday my espresso and avocado toast is now served with a side dish of Scrambled Maps.Scrambled Maps is a new daily map challenge. Everyday Scambled Maps presents you with a map of a different city of the world. The only problem is that all the map tiles on this city map have been mixed up. Your task is simply to drag the tiles back into the Maps Mania… more →
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Real-Time Radiation Maps

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Yesterday a fire broke out at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Russian occupied southern Ukraine. On hearing the news of the fire I almost immediately rushed to the Real-Time Radiation World Map in search of any detected spikes in radiation in the area.The Real-Time Radiation World Map visualizes radioactivity levels from Geiger counters around the world. Luckily, as you can see from the Maps Mania… more →
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