Is a Sleeping Climate Giant Stirring in the Arctic?

Flying low and slow above the wild, pristine terrain of Alaska's North Slope in a specially instrumented NASA plane, research scientist Charles Miller of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., surveys the endless whiteness of tundra and frozen permafrost below. On the horizon, a long, dark line appears. The plane draws nearer, and the mysterious object reveals itself to be a

Is North Korea A Threat?

Threat posed by North Korea to the South and the United States. Armed forces in the Korean peninsula Click to enlarge A map of how far those North Korean missiles can actually reach: Click to enlarge Sources: AFP and Washington Post

Simulate a nuclear explosion in your city

Select a place on the map, set the yield of the nuclear weapon and see the destruction.  http://www.nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/

United States By A Texan

A Texan's map of the United States. Click to enlarge

A World Without Water

XG - Earth Bathymetry is a WebGL globe showing planet Earth after someone has pulled out the plug and drained the world of all its water. The 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 indicates changes in slope or depth. If the blue coloring of the oceans' floors confuses you then you can click your

What a Relief

Mundialis is a beautiful new interactive topographical map of the world. The map uses SRTM DEM 450m elevation data, and bathymetry sea & lake data (from Natural Earth & NGDC respectively). The map also includes the option to view an OpenStreetMap road map layer on top of the topographical map or on its own as the base map. Currently the map includes a small inset map showing the global

How to Make a Hexagonal WarGames Map

If you liked the WarGames Dashboard, that was featured on Maps Mania last week, then you might be interested in creating your own WarGames map style. Here's a quick tutorial on making a WarGames map using Mapbox Studio. Before getting started you can check out the finished map here. 1. The Base Map The base map for the WarGames map comes from Project Linework. Project Linework have made a