Territorial evolution of Israel/Palestine

If we look at these maps we will have a good overview of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Israel from the Israeli point of view: Jewish Loss of Land, 1000 BCE to 2013 (x) Incredible Shrinking Israel: the extent it will go for peace (x) Promised Land, based on God’s promise to Abraham:  "I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates" (x)

Departments of Bolivia

Bolivia is divided into nine departments (Spanish: departamentos). Each of the departments is subdivided into provinces (provincias), which are further subdivided into municipalities (municipios).

Provinces of Ecuador

Ecuador provinces map. Ecuador is divided into 24 provinces (Spanish: provincias, singular – provincia).  Click to enlarge Source: Wikimedia Commons

End of the Soviet Union

An infographic visualising the dissolution of the Soviet Union.   Click to enlarge Source: The Guardian

Geography of China

Geographic regions of China with elevation.  Click to enlarge By en:User:Alanmak Alan Mak [GFDL  or CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Size Of Australia

Comparing Australia with other continents and countries. Australia and North America   Australia and Europe   Australia and Africa   Australia and Russia   Australia and China   Australia and South America Maps generated by OverlapMaps.

Old French Atlas of America

Maps of America by Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville, 1657.    North America   New Mexico, (island of) California   Guatemala   Carabean Islands   Florida   Mexico   South America   Terre Ferme, Nouveau Royaume de Grenade   Guyana   Peru and the river Amazon   Chile   Brazil   Paraguay   Strait of Magellan and the Magellanics Islands   Cover

Distribution Of World Population

A interesting visualization of world population distribution around the globe. http://workshop.chromeexperiments.com/globe/

Indigenous Dot Map of Australia

The City Science group at Monash University has created an Indigenous Dot Map of Australia. Every dot on the map shows an indigenous person counted in the 2011 Australian census. The map shows the spatial distribution of the 699,990 indigenous Australians counted. Indigenous Australians make up 3% of the total Australian population. Looking at the map indigenous Australians seem to make up

The 3D OpenStreetMap World of New York

CubicPower appear to be creating a 3d Doom type game world from OpenStreetMap data. CubicPower's New York Maze map is a series of thousands of small block size 3d maps of New York locations, which you can explore using your keyboard. The CubicPower website doesn't appear to have any information about these 3d maps. They appear to be made with a WebGL powered 3d engine, with OpenStreetMap map

Mapping the Battle of Jutland

This year is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Jutland. The battle was the largest naval battle of the First World War and was fought between the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet. As a result of the battle the British lost 6,784 lives and the German's lost 3,039 men. 36 Hours: Jutland 1916, The Battle that Won the War is an interactive map

Tilting at Windmills - The Life of Cervantes

Cervantes' novel Don Quixote is "the best book in the world". However the imagined chivalric adventures of Don Quixote are as nothing compared to the real-life adventures of the novel's author Miguel de Cervantes. Cervantes was born in Spain. In his early twenties he moved to Rome to work in the house of a cardinal. He then enlisted as a Spanish soldier and was injured at the Battle of

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

Urban Dictionary Map of San Francisco

Reddit user atrubetskoy has been making some popular Urban Dictionary maps lately. I particular liked his map of the Bay Area According to Urban Dictionary. In fact I liked it so much that I stole the idea. Urban Dictionary is is a crowd-sourced online dictionary of slang words and phrases. It also seems to be a place where a lot of white middle-class kids go to describe their white,

Interactive Geologic 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 map also includes contour lines. If you hover over the map the geologic strata at

Two Maps for the Price of One

The Mapbox GL JS documentation has a nice new example showing how you can synchronize two maps side-by-side. Swipe Between Maps creates two synchronized maps and allows you to swipe between the two different map instances. Swipe Between Maps could be a a nice way to showcase all the beautiful map styles that I'm sure you have been creating with Mapbox Studio. Of course you aren't limited to

Map Fail: Flags of Romania and Bulgaria

BBC map fail. Click to enlarge Source: reddit/r/europe

San Franciscos Maps of Sin

Revaluate thought that it would be rather romantic to release the Hot Beds of San Francisco Love Map for Valentine's Day. The map plots the locations of reported incidents of prostitution, lewd sexual acts, and public indecent exposure in the city. The map provides a basic heat-map view of these reported crimes. If you zoom in on the map then the individual reported incidents appear on the map

Locations Of Boston Marathon Explosions

The 2013 Boston Marathon bombings occurred on April 15, 2013, when two bombs were detonated during the Boston Marathon at approximately 2:50 p.m. EDT (18:50 UTC) on Boylston Street near Copley Square, just before the finish line. A third explosion at JFK library 3,5 miles away. Click to enlarge  The two bombs at the finish line (Click to enlarge) Sources: The Telegraph, ABC News

Comparison of European Bailout Packages

Comparing the bailout packages of troubled euro zone countries. Click to enlarge In addition, an easy-to-understand article about failed banks: Bailouts, Bail-ins, Haircuts and All That: Program Notes for the Cyprus Banking Drama   Source: reddit europe