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Maps Mania
The 3D Dot Map
5 hours ago
Adventures In...
Smokey data visualization The vector data format is unbelievably useful, but one artifact of the format is discrete...
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4 days ago
The vector data format is unbelievably useful, but one artifact of the format is discrete boundaries. Vector has to draw a line somewhere, but the visual result can imply more certainty or discrete solidity than is really going on, in this case smoke concentration in the air. How...
Maps Mania
The College Football Imperialism Map
4 days ago
Musings on Maps
“A Mighty Redwood Has Fallen” Malcolm Margolin was the coolest people I knew. If we can’t be hugely saddened by his passing, and...
a week ago
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a week ago
Malcolm Margolin was the coolest people I knew. If we can’t be hugely saddened by his passing, and the loss of his dynamic presence in the East Bay, he’ll be a model for persisting a vision quest in a dark … Continue reading →
Maps Mania
Isochrone Tokyo
a week ago
Adventures In...
How to make map textures for ArcGIS and stuff Here’s how you can take an image, turn it into a repeating texture, and apply it to the whole world....
a week ago
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a week ago
Here’s how you can take an image, turn it into a repeating texture, and apply it to the whole world. We’ll make a cement-sourced gritty texture and then a water-sourced wave texture. We’ll use the Vector Tile Style Editor to make these textures global layers for ArcGIS, ready to...
Transit Maps
Submission – Official Map: Kaohsiung MRT Diagram, Taiwan, 2025 Submitted by Emerson, who says: This is Kaohsiung MRT’s new system map, following the Red Line...
a week ago
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a week ago
Submitted by Emerson, who says: This is Kaohsiung MRT’s new system map, following the Red Line extension to Gangshan and the completion of the LRT loop. So far, Kaohsiung has not been featured on this site, so I would love to see your opinions on their map! Transit Maps says: I...
Maps Mania
Fall is Warmer Now
a week ago
Twelve Mile Circle –...
Arc of Columbus, Part 2 The quest to add new Ohio spots to my county counting list continued, padding my efforts from...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
The quest to add new Ohio spots to my county counting list continued, padding my efforts from earlier in the day. The wide arc I took around the perimeter of Columbus swung from north, clockwise, now approaching due-east. The route now led into Licking County. Getting Licked...
Transit Maps
Submission: Official Map – Transportation Network of Brittany, France, 2025 Submitted by Nicolas, who says: I live in Brittany, France, mostly on the western side of the...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
Submitted by Nicolas, who says: I live in Brittany, France, mostly on the western side of the region, so I am submitting its network map, containing coach, boat, and plane (yes, plane) routes in this great region. Since merging the transport networks a few years ago, the region...
Maps Mania
Letters Found on the Moon
2 weeks ago
Twelve Mile Circle –...
Arc of Columbus, Part 1 The summer flew by so quickly. It seems like only yesterday that I drove to Michigan to pick up the...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
The summer flew by so quickly. It seems like only yesterday that I drove to Michigan to pick up the kid from college after the end of the spring semester. It was a great trip and I managed to collect eight previously unvisited counties in Ohio along the way. But now I was doing...
Maps Mania
Changing Parking Lots to Homes
3 weeks ago
Transit Maps
Submission – Official Map: Northern Railway Map, England, 2025 Submitted by Nicholas, who says: Northern Rail’s new map is well worth a look – I find it exemplary...
3 weeks ago
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3 weeks ago
Submitted by Nicholas, who says: Northern Rail’s new map is well worth a look – I find it exemplary for making such a previously nebulous network entirely understandable. Graphics pretty well impeccable. I understand this network may not survive the transition to Great British...
Maps Mania
Swimming With the Tide
3 weeks ago
Adventures In...
I Got a Drone, part 1: Unboxing & Goals I heard regular people can just buy, and then remotely pilot, small flying robots with exquisite...
a month ago
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a month ago
I heard regular people can just buy, and then remotely pilot, small flying robots with exquisite cameras. I figure these things have to have some utility in the mapping realm, so I got the cheapest one I could find that might get me going on making some basic maps. Why? Why not?...
Maps Mania
The Map to Your Heart
a month ago
Adventures In...
The Dress: perceptual madness and what it means for mappers
a month ago
Maps Mania
Where is Your Dinner From?
a month ago
Adventures In...
Time-warp walkability mapping in ArcGIS Pro In my mental model of a walkability map it’s not enough to know how far away something is, but also...
a month ago
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a month ago
In my mental model of a walkability map it’s not enough to know how far away something is, but also how long it takes me to get there. My perceptions of the same distances, but with different walk times, are much different. There are realities that slow me down like...
Maps Mania
The Underground Atlas
a month ago
GeoCurrents
Is Apple Maps Erasing Druze Identity by Calling the “Jabal al-Druze” the “Jabal al-Arab”? Armed conflict over the past few weeks in southern Syria between the Druze and Bedouin militias...
a month ago
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a month ago
Armed conflict over the past few weeks in southern Syria between the Druze and Bedouin militias receiving help from the Syrian military have taken over a thousand lives. As reported in the Kurdish press, Tawfiq al-Hijri, Deputy Head of the Foreign Relations Office of the...
Maps Mania
Zero Chance of Rain on Mars Today
a month ago
somethingaboutmaps
A Sketch of Isle Royale It’s been a summer full of side projects here. Which is a very good sign — I used to do many, many...
a month ago
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a month ago
It’s been a summer full of side projects here. Which is a very good sign — I used to do many, many side projects, but for the last couple of years, poor health has left me with reduced energy, and my output dropped off significantly. It’s nice to feel inspired again, in so many...
Maps Mania
Which states have the ugliest kids?
a month ago
GeoCurrents
Wolves in the Gaza Strip? The Geography of the Coyote-Like Arabian Wolf The gray wolf is usually seen as a wilderness species, an animal that needs vast expanses of habitat...
a month ago
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a month ago
The gray wolf is usually seen as a wilderness species, an animal that needs vast expanses of habitat far from human concentrations, as well as sizable populations of large herbivores to prey upon. Yet many distribution maps, including one featured in the Wikipedia article on the...
Maps Mania
Searching Text in Street View
a month ago
GeoCurrents
Mapping the Return of the Gray Wolf to California One of the most surprising aspects of the recovery of the gray wolf in the United States is the...
a month ago
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a month ago
One of the most surprising aspects of the recovery of the gray wolf in the United States is the return of the species to California. Wolves had been eliminated from the state in the 1920s and were not expected to return any soon time, if at all. But in 2011, a single wolf made...
Maps Mania
GeoGuessr for Photos
a month ago
Twelve Mile Circle –...
Ontario, Bonus Days On what was supposed to be the final morning, we entered Toronto Pearson Airport to catch an 11:00...
a month ago
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a month ago
On what was supposed to be the final morning, we entered Toronto Pearson Airport to catch an 11:00 am Sunday flight back to Washington, DC. We finally threw in the towel around 6:00 pm after American Airlines repeatedly postponed the departure due to mechanical issues with the...
Maps Mania
The Global News Map
a month ago
GeoCurrents
The Controversial Expansion of Gray Wolves in the United States As discussed in the previous post, the gray wolf has made a remarkable but controversial recovery in...
a month ago
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a month ago
As discussed in the previous post, the gray wolf has made a remarkable but controversial recovery in Europe. The same is true in the United States. In the mid twentieth century, wolves were found only in Alaska, far northeastern Minnesota, and the western half of Michigan’s Upper...
Maps Mania
A Clearer View of Darkness
a month ago
Twelve Mile Circle –...
Ontario, Day 8 (Toronto Tourist) We woke up that morning to our final full day in Canada and we decided to speedrun as much of...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
We woke up that morning to our final full day in Canada and we decided to speedrun as much of Toronto as we could manage. Unfortunately due to constraints of distance and endurance we barely scratched the surface. There will need to be a next time. So what was the most Canadian...
Maps Mania
I Traveled the World Through Trending Videos
2 months ago
James Cheshire
The Library of Lost Maps Really thrilled to announce that The Library of Lost Maps will hit bookshops this autumn! I will...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Really thrilled to announce that The Library of Lost Maps will hit bookshops this autumn! I will share more details over the summer, but you can pre-order and subscribe for updates here: https://libraryoflostmaps.com/
Maps Mania
The Death of Local News
2 months ago
GeoCurrents
Mapping the Return of Wolves in Europe As I was preparing to resume posting on GeoCurrents after a short hiatus, I decided to examine...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
As I was preparing to resume posting on GeoCurrents after a short hiatus, I decided to examine recent posts on the fascinating but unfortunately named Reddit site called “MapPorn.” As always, I was struck by many contributions, but what really caught my eye was a five-map...
Maps Mania
A Time Machine for Maps
2 months ago
Twelve Mile Circle –...
Ontario, Day 7 (Toronto Orientation) We left the southern shores of Georgian Bay and I already missed the area. It turned out great even...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
We left the southern shores of Georgian Bay and I already missed the area. It turned out great even if I knew next to nothing about it before I researched the trip. However, all things come to an end and now I had a better-known part of Ontario to explore. I hadn’t spent any time...
Maps Mania
Institute for Men Says Women Are Underpaid
2 months ago
Twelve Mile Circle –...
Ontario, Day 6 (Owen Sound) Our time along the southern tip of Georgian Bay was quickly drawing to an end but we still had one...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Our time along the southern tip of Georgian Bay was quickly drawing to an end but we still had one more destination along the shoreline towards the northwest. But first I took my final early morning stroll through Collingwood before the family woke up. I retraced some of the more...
Maps Mania
How Big is it Really?
2 months ago
Transit Maps
Submission – Official Map: Valley Metro Light Rail and Streetcar, Phoenix, Arizona, 2025 Submitted by a few people—sorry for the delay in getting to this!—including Shameek, who says:...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Submitted by a few people—sorry for the delay in getting to this!—including Shameek, who says: Phoenix is opening the new southern light rail extension and splitting the system into two separate lines, so naturally they released a new map! I like some of the ideas in here,...
Maps Mania
The Daily MapGame Challenge
2 months ago
Twelve Mile Circle –...
Ontario, Day 5 (Lake and Caves) As I planned the trip, I tried to intersperse mellow days with active days and most of the time I...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
As I planned the trip, I tried to intersperse mellow days with active days and most of the time I followed those guidelines. Originally Day 5 was designed as something low-key in Collingwood without any driving. However, plans shifted a tiny bit and we did more than we...
Maps Mania
Has a Nuke Gone Off?
2 months ago
Twelve Mile Circle –...
Ontario, Day 4 (Penetanguishene and Beyond) I had absolutely no idea how to pronounce Penetanguishene, and I still don’t. Typing it isn’t any...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
I had absolutely no idea how to pronounce Penetanguishene, and I still don’t. Typing it isn’t any easier. I had to cut-and-paste the name to make sure I got it right. Nonetheless, that’s where we pointed the car on our fourth day in Ontario, about an hour northeast of...
Maps Mania
Mapping the Revolutionary War
2 months ago
Transit Maps
Quick Project: Queensland Rail Network Diagram Okay, as promised in the previous post, here’s my version of the Queensland passenger rail network...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Okay, as promised in the previous post, here’s my version of the Queensland passenger rail network as a diagram. As is usual for these redesigns, I’ve only spent a few hours on this – just to show that better design doesn’t necessarily need to take a lot of time. Everything is...