The Worlds Most Boring Roads

I have a new theory. The world's most interesting roads are in mountainous areas and the most boring roads are in areas which are very flat. My theory is based on two interactive maps which show where the world's straightest and bendiest roads are. How Straight or Bendy are the Roads and tortuOSMity both use OpenStreetMap data to calculate the relative straightness of roads. Each map uses a

Interactive map of worlds most liveable cities

This interactive map shows the quality of living rankings for the top city in countries around the world from the Mercer survey. Please note that only those countries and cities are included for which information was made publically available. It includes all countries which have cities in the top 50 ranking, as well as the top cities in the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Middle East and Africa

The Worlds 50 Busiest Airports

Geographica has mapped the world's 50 most busy airports. Using the Flight Routes Around the World interactive map you can compare the number of flights and passengers handled by any two of the world's busiest airports. To compare two airports just select them from the drop-down menu's at the top of the map. Once you have selected the two airports the number of routes and the annual number of

Imagined Soundscapes of Parallel Worlds

Cities and Memory is a wonderful sound mapping project which wants to help you hear not only what locations around the world sound like but how they might sound if we could travel throughout the multiverse. Stuart Fowkes' Cities and Memory sound art project aims to present both the real sounds of the world and also their re-imagined counterparts, creating two parallel sound worlds; one of the