One Million Screenshots. One Map!

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Over the years a number of people have used the popular Leaflet.js mapping library to map image datasets. For example Nathan Rooy’s Visual Book Recommender uses Leaflet to map the images of 51,847 book covers. The Pudding has also mapped images of 5,000 book covers on its 11 Years of Top-Selling Book Covers, Arranged by Visual Similarity. Mapping libraries have also been used in the Maps Mania… more →
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540 Million Years of Planet Earth

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540 million years ago the Earth’s climate was very different from how it is today. During the Cambrian period global temperatures were warmer than they are now. It is believed there were no polar icecaps and there was likely to have been high levels of precipitation and humidity over much of the planet. Of course our world hasn’t always been so warm. The last Ice Age was during the  Maps Mania… more →
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Travel App Maps.me Notches $50 Million For Multi-Currency Wallet – pymnts.com

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Travel App Maps.me Notches $ 50 Million For Multi-Currency Wallet  pymnts.com Offline mapping app Maps.me raises $ 50m in seed round led by Alameda Research  The Block Crypto Offline Travel App Maps.Me Raises $ 50M in Funding Round Led by Alameda Research – CoinDesk  CoinDesk Russian travel app Maps.me gets $ 50 million to add digital wallet  Tech.eu Alameda Research Leads $ 50 Million Investment in Travel App Maps.me  Crypto Briefing View Full Coverage on Google News “map app” – Google News… more →
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Famo.us Gets $25 Million to Make JavaScript More Famous – Re/code

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VentureBeat Famo.us Gets $ 25 Million to Make JavaScript More FamousRe/codeFamo.us, an unusual programming startup that allows users to make nifty mobile apps using JavaScript, has raised $ 25 million in additional funding and added high-profile investor Jerry Murdock to its board. The new round comes after two others — one …Famo.us raises $ 25M to double down on its innovative JavaScript frameworkVentureBeatall 2 news articles » JavaScript – Google News… more →
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