If you’ve been following my blog for some time now you’ll know that I’m no fan of the Mercator projection, as it has distorted our perception of how big countries are. With “The True Size Of…” you can drag around some countries and see so yourself. If this rings a bell: yes indeed, it’s comparable …
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The Inner Circle of Europe
Scale Yosemite’s El Capitan with Google Maps
Welcome to The Nose of El Capitan, in Yosemite National Park — the most iconic rock climb on earth. Tighten your harness and double-check your knot, to join Lynn Hill, Alex Honnold, and Tommy Caldwell on a 3,000 foot interactive journey up El Capitan. Here’s a behind the scenes video: Scale Yosemite’s El Capitan with …
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World Geo-Graphical Atlas by Herbert Bayer
In 1953, the Container Corporation of America commissioned Bauhaus designer Herbert Bayer to create an atlas to commemorate the company’s 25th year of business. Alongside three other accomplished designers, Bayer worked for five years on an oversize (11.5″ x 15.5″) book of 368 pages, featuring over 2,200 diagrams. The results are stunning and, to my …
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Mapbox Landsat-live
Today we’re releasing the first edition of Landsat-live, a map that is constantly refreshed with the latest satellite imagery from NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite. With every pixel captured within the past 32 days, Landsat-live features the freshest imagery possible around the entire planet. Uses the Landsat 8 data directly now that it’s stored on AWS. …
GLMap Framework
GLMap is a lightweight offline map component with a simple mechanism of integrating into any iOS or Android application. With the GLMap framework, map data is prepared on CPU and is rendered directly on GPU using OpenGL ES 2.0. This allows each processor to do the job it does best. By splitting up data processing, …
The NY Sea
Inside AirBnB: New York City
Inside Airbnb is an independent, non-commercial set of tools and data that allows you to explore how Airbnb is REALLY being used in New York City. By analyzing publicly available information about Airbnb’s New York City listings, Inside Airbnb provides filters and key metrics so you can see how Airbnb is being used to compete …