Because Middle-Earth can be a confusing, perilous place, Reddit user mbingcrosby created this Google Maps-style guide to the journey from Hobbiton to Mordor. As you can see, it’s expected to take six months (“four months without Orcs”), and be ready, because “this route has trolls.” Read more…
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Plan Your Next Trip To Mordor With This Google Map Of Middle-Earth
Remember how we told you that the resolution of Google Maps’ satellite images would soon be doubled ? Well, today we’re seeing the first of those images pop up, and they are indeed a noticeable improvement. New York and San Francisco are the first to get the high-res 3D treatment, but we should see this update rolling out for more cities around the world in 2015. Read more…
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Google Earth’s New Satellite Imagery Is So Much Better
mikejuk writes The announcement on the Google Geo Developers blog has the catchy title No map is an island. It points out that while there are now around 2 million active sites that have Google Maps embedded, they store data independently, The new feature, called attributed save, aims to overcome this problem by creating an integrated experience between the apps you use that have map content and Google Maps, and all it requires is that users sign in. So if you use a map in a specific app you will be able to see locations you entered in other apps.This all sounds great and it makes sense to allow users to take all of the locations that have previously been stored in app silos and put them all together into one big map data pool. The only down side is that the pool is owned by Google and some users might not like the idea of letting Google have access to so much personal geo information. It seems you can have convenience or you can have privacy.It might just be that many users prefer their maps to be islands. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Signed-In Maps Mean More Location Data For Google
Making and sharing your own Google Map is getting easier thanks to the newly rebranded and relaunched ” My Maps ” tool. There’s also a new Android app so you can make and manage your maps on the go. Read more…
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Making and sharing your own Google Map is getting easier thanks to the newly rebranded and relaunche
The most popular brands in America are not always the largest companies making the most revenue. Brands that you know, stores that you go to and places that you associate with some states get replaced by faceless monoliths who basically repurpose oil, energy, technology, other people’s money, etc. into more money. Read more…
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What the biggest companies are from each state in the US
Is the L.A. of 2014 driving around on a road network built for the L.A. of the 1980s? That’s one conclusion two researchers at Arizona State University draw from their above data visualization , which uses building records from the Los Angeles County Assessor’s Office to infer the age of the metropolis’ roads. Green represents the oldest roads, red the newest. Read more…
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Animated Map Shows How Paved Roads Spread Across L.A. County
Cool map alert: Donut Holes in International Waters is an interactive map that shows which countries have sovereignty over the high seas. It shows how we’ve diced up the waters with international law—and what all the left-over bits and pieces look like. Read more…
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A Pirate-Friendly Map of the Pieces of Ocean That No Country Owns
As anyone who’s driven through Middle America knows, it feels like there’s very few places in the U.S. that don’t have at least a few inhabitants. But as a map by cartographer Nik Freeman proves, there are still some amber waves of grain and fruited plains that remain. Emphasis on some. Read more…
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Here’s a Map of the 47 Percent of America Where No One Lives
Daniel_Stuckey (2647775) writes “Finally, you don’t have to raise your voice over a group of whisperers in the New York Public Library to get a better view of its map collection. Actually, you don’t even need to visit the place at all. Over 20, 000 maps and cartographic works from the NYPL’s Lionel Pincus & Princess Firyal Map Division have been uploaded and made downloadable for the public. ‘We believe these maps have no known U.S. copyright restrictions, ‘ explains a blog post announcing the wholesale release of the library’s map collection. ‘It means you can have the maps, all of them if you want, for free, in high resolution. We’ve scanned them to enable their use in the broadest possible ways by the largest number of people.’ The NYPL is distributing the maps under Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, which means you can do whatever you want with the maps.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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New York Public Library Releases Over 20,000 Hi-Res Maps
Here’s a sweet crash-course lesson — in animated gif form — showing how the United States expanded and took shape over the course of its history. Read more…
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A dynamic map beautifully illustrating the USA’s territorial history