There are 89,603 Dogs in New York City / / No Comments There are 89,603 registered dogs in New York City. Dog owners are required to obtain a license for their pets, registering details including the dog’s name, breed and birth year, along with the owner’s ZIP code. Every Dog in New York is an interactive map that puts this canine census on the map, revealing which breeds dominate individual neighborhoods, where particular dog names are most popular, and how the city’s dog population has changed over time. Using the map you can search for a breed, a dog’s name, or a neighborhood to discover where your pooch would fit in – and where they would stand out from the crowd. The map is colored by the most common dog breed... more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: 89603, City, Dogs, there, York
There Are No Roads in London / / No Comments Streets of London Today’s #30DayMapChallenge is to use OpenStreetMap (OSM) data as your primary source.To meet this challenge I decided to use OpenStreetMap data to explore the toponyms of London’s streets, visualizing how different road types – Streets, Lanes, Alleys, Courts, Yards, and Avenues – are named and distributed across the City of London.One of my favourite quiz questions is – ‘How Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: London, roads, there
There are 2,773 stories in the Naked City / / No Comments The 1960’s procedural police series the Naked City used to conclude every episode with the line: “There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them.” If there are eight million stories in New York then The City has got quite a long way to go before it is finished reporting on them. So far it has managed to find only 2,773 stories in NYC.The City asked ChatGPT to find Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: 2773, City, Naked, Stories, there
Google’s updated Maps app lets you bike, train, ride-share there – Fox Business / / No Comments Google’s updated Maps app lets you bike, train, ride-share there Fox Business Google Maps will now let users combine transit directions with biking and ride-sharing The Verge Google Maps finally lets you plan ‘mixed modes’ travel Mashable Google Maps announces new “Mixed Modes” tool for multi-part commutes USA TODAY Google Maps Introduces Its “Mixed Modes” Function for Multipart Journeys HYPEBEAST View full coverage on Google News “map app” – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: bike, Business, Google's, Lets, maps, rideshare, there, train, updated