Give every Twitter user a brush and they will paint you the world — if they geotag their Tweets. Plot all geotagged tweets on a white canvas and you get back a view of the world according to Twitter’s users. Note how on the map above maritime traffic also is shown. The geography of Tweets …
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GeoGuessr
Simple (as in: simple idea, not simple to play) and addictive game based on streetview: you’re dropped someplace around the globe in streetview mode and you have to guess where you are. Look at the area and figure out where you are Click the map to place your guess marker (for your start position) Click …
New Google Maps Hands-on
Been playing around with the new version myself and must say it’s a great step forward. Here’s the official Google Promo Video: The new Google Maps draws you a tailored map for every search and click you make. So whatever you’re trying to find or wherever you’re trying to go, you’ll always have a map …
ViziCities
We’re about to bring cities to life using big data and the power of the web. Inspired by the data visualization from the latest SimCity, ViziCities is located at the intersection of data, art and play. Powered by Three.js and lots of other web technologies. Be sure to read the dev diary, it contains a …
Geoshizzle
iD Editor
Map Projection Transitions
Google Maps v3 Move Polygon
UPDATE 2018.03.07: The issue requesting to have this in the core of Google Maps got marked as fixed … unfortunately I cannot find this change back in the documentation, so I’m not too sure if it’s actually fixed or not. Will keep tracking it. Since Google Maps v3.11 (*) it’s possible to move around a …
The Size Of The Moon Compared To The United States
Mercator Puzzle Redux
The aforementioned Mercator Puzzle is quite nice, but it’s static: you always get presented the same 15 countries at the same 15 starting positions. To counter that, I decided to make the thing dynamic: you get to place 15 countries chosen from a set of 178 in total. If you don’t know the anwser, just …