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Bugaboo Day Trip Maps

Nick Springer — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:59:41 +0000

The ultra-hip stroller maker Bugaboo has added a new site showing day trip walks in major cities around the world. Each trip is presented with unique maps created by various artists. (via Quipsologies)

Place Rank and Interestingness

Nick Springer — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:13:09 +0000

Bill Slawski of SEO by the Sea gives a good overview of a new patent filing by Google for Place Rank and Interestingness, a new system for placing community value on geographic locations.

Web Status Maps

Nick Springer — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:11:26 +0000

Akamai, a major provider of internet media trafficking, has a Real-Time Web Monitor map. It can show traffic, latency, and attacks. There are also some other interesting data visualizations from a dropdown menu on the page.

Lego Map of the USA

Nick Springer — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:06:58 +0000

During the World Children’s Festival in Washington DC, Lego asked kids to help build a giant Lego map of the United States. (via BoingBoing)

Breathing Earth

Nick Springer — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:06:39 +0000

The Breathing Earth map beautifully shows a simulated real-time view of births, deaths, and CO2 emissions across the world. It even sounds like a living organism.

Historical Topographic Maps

Michael Page — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:15:13 +0000

Historian Christopher Marshall is heading an effort hosted by Maptech to create a collection of historic USGS topographic maps.

Cartographic Relief Presentation

Michael Page — Wed, 30 May 2007 18:12:51 +0000

A new edition of Eduard Imhof’s classic book, Cartographic Relief Presentation, has been published by ESRI Press. It is available June 1st from ESRI Press or Amazon.

Tracking avian flu

Ben Bakelaar — Thu, 03 May 2007 02:23:37 +0000

A team of researchers from UC-Boulder and Ohio State have made a “supermap” of the avian flu using Google Earth. The map includes genetic and geographic information, allowing researchers to track changes in the genomes of the flu sub-strains. The application was outlined in a publication in the journal Systematic Biology. A short movie is also available.

Greenland melting

Ben Bakelaar — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:22:13 +0000

Recent evidence of global warming can be seen in the newly disconnected land mass from Greenland, named Warming Island. Here is a map showing the number of days per year that the icesheet melts in Greenland. If Greenland were to fully melt, experts say that would raise the ocean’s water levels by 23 feet.

Alternate NYC Subway Map Design Rejected

Nick Springer — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:25:15 +0000

Three years ago Eddie Jabbour, of Kick Design, created a beautiful and useful new version of the NYC subway map on his own time. He finally got a meeting with the MTA, which rejected the design. (via Design Observer)