The 100 Most Segregated School Districts in America / / No Comments In the United States school district boundaries drawn onto economically and racially segregated neighborhoods ensure that most poor and non-white students receive a much worse education than students in the more affluent school districts.Back in 2016 NPR examined how school funding in the USA is used to ensure that the rich get the best schools. They created an interactive map which visualized Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: America, Districts, most, school, Segregated
The Most Controversial Interactive Map / / No Comments One of the earliest popular uses of the Google Maps API was Gawker Stalker. The now defunct Gawker Stalker interactive map tracked the movements of famous celebrities thanks to the detailed stalking carried out by Gawker and their readers. Now similar concerns are being raised regarding potential privacy infringements related to Jack Sweeney’s TheAirTraffic, particularly involving the Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: controversial, Interactive, most
Which Country Most Resembles Your Country? / / No Comments The political scientist Anders Sundell has posted a Twitter thread which reveals “the countries that look the most like each other”. For example (according to Anders) the country which most resembles the United States is Saudi Arabia. According to the text on each country comparison an “algorithm checked the shapes of all countries in order to find the most similar shapes. All countries were Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Country, most, Resembles
The 100 Most Boring People in America / / No Comments Who is the most unnotable person in your town?I asked ChatGPT to find me the most unnotable people in America’s biggest towns and cities. The results can be seen on my Unnotable People map. On this map the placename labels of the 100 largest towns and cities in the USA have been replaced with each town’s most insignificant person.Using ChatGPT to find each town’s most unnotable person means Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: America, Boring, most, people
JavaScript survey: Most use React but satisfaction low – The Register / / No Comments JavaScript survey: Most use React but satisfaction low The Register “JavaScript” – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: JavaScript, most, React, Register, satisfaction, Survey
The Most Popular JavaScript Frameworks of 2022 – MakeUseOf / / No Comments The Most Popular JavaScript Frameworks of 2022 MakeUseOf “JavaScript” – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: 2022, frameworks, JavaScript, MakeUseOf, most, Popular
Python overtakes Java, JavaScript as most popular programming language for first time in 20 years – TechSpot / / No Comments Python overtakes Java, JavaScript as most popular programming language for first time in 20 years TechSpot “JavaScript” – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: first, Java, JavaScript, Language, most, overtakes, Popular, programming, Python, TechSpot, time, Years
Programming languages: JavaScript has most developers but Rust is the fastest growing – ZDNet / / No Comments Programming languages: JavaScript has most developers but Rust is the fastest growing ZDNet “JavaScript” – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: developers, fastest, Growing, JavaScript, languages, most, programming, Rust, ZDNet