Maps of the Week

This week my clear favorite map was this wonderful looking map of the Grand Canyon. The Geologic Map of the Grand Canyon and Vicinity is a beautiful Leaflet.js based interactive map of the Grand Canyon. The map is based on data gathered by the U.S. Geological Survey. The map uses different colors to show the different rock units and geologic strata in the Grand Canyon and surrounding area. The

Maps of the Week

I've had a lot of fun this week exploring the geographical distribution of place-names with Places!. Places! allows you to map the relative density of place-names in different countries around the world. Using the application you can enter place-name prefixes or suffixes and view a map showing the geographic distribution of place-names containing those terms. For example, in the UK we can

The Maps of the Week

My favorite map of the last week hasn't even dented the top ten most read posts on Maps Mania over the last seven days (you can see the list in the right-hand panel of this page). So let's give it another go. Project Ukko is a beautiful new mapped visualization of seasonal wind predictions. The map is a visual interface which provides industry, energy traders, wind farm managers and others

Maps of the Week

Elevation data played an important role in two of my favorite maps this week. Mundialis is a beautiful new interactive topographical map of the world and XG - Earth Bathymetry is a WebGL globe showing planet Earth without all its water. The Earth Bathymetry globe uses data from NASA's Blue Marble to provide a view of the undersea land surface and water depth. The shading of the sea floor

Maps of the Week

On an average day the Moscow Metro wi-fi network can see up to 70 TB of internet traffic. The Moscow Metro Wi-fi Map is a beautiful mapped visualization of all those wi-fi users as they travel around the city. By tracking wi-fi users Moscow Metro are able to observe how passengers navigate the Moscow metro system. They can see how passengers travel around the system from the time that they

The Miniature Maps of the Week

This week a couple of very interesting Google Street View projects were released. Jumeirah Inside is an incredibly well designed Street View tour of the Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai. The most impressive aspect of this tour is the seamless integration of video on top of Street View's 360 degree panoramic imagery. If you select the Street View of the hotel's lobby you can view the Cascade