Explore Georeferenced Maps - Spy viewer - National Library of Scotland
This is a fascinating way to explore time and place—a spyglass view of hundred year old maps overlaid on the digital maps of today.
Tags: cartography
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Google Maps’s Moat
A fascinating bit of cartographic reverse engineering, looking at how Google has an incredible level of satellite-delivered building detail that then goes into solving the design problem of marking “commercial corridors” (or Areas Of Interest) on their maps.
Google Maps in Space
You can use Google Maps to explore the worlds of our solar system …and take a look inside the ISS.
what3words | Addressing the world
In this English language alternative to latitude and longitude coordinates, the Clearleft office is located at:
cross.rooms.quick
Mapping Mountains · Mapzen
Everything you never wanted to know about conveying elevation information on maps, delivered in Peter’s always-entertaining style and illustrated with interactive examples.
Building Inspector by NYPL Labs
A wonderful Zooniverse-like project from the New York Public Library:
Help unlock New York City’s past by identifying buildings and other details on beautiful old maps.
Here there be robots: A medieval map of Mars
Mappa Mundi Rubrum.
The proto-internet | Intelligent Life magazine
Mapping the submarine cables of the Victorian internet.
And by the way, why did nobody tell me about Cartophilia before now? I’m very disappointed in you.
Seasonal posts × Katy DeCorah
This is such a simple little adjustment, but I think it’s kinda brilliant: tweaking the display of your site’s maps to match the season.
The Nor: A Paranoid Cartography
James walks the site of London’s old wall, documenting the instruments of London’s new wall.
He wrote about his experience in “All Cameras Are Police Cameras.” It is a history lesson, a present lesson, and a future lesson, all in one.
Beautiful Maps
Cartography porn.
James Bridle — Where You Are
The GPS system is a monumental network that provides a permanent “YouAreHere” sign hanging in the sky, its signal a constant, synchronised timecode.
Map Projection Transitions
A lovely way of demonstrating the differences between map projections. Drag for extra fun.
Submarine Cable Map
This year’s TeleGeography map of the undersea network looks beautiful—inspired by old maps. I love the way that latency between countries is shown as inset constellations.
Mercator Puzzle!
This is fun. Drag the red country outlines around and slot them into place on the map. Sounds easy, right? But the distorting effect of the Mercator projection makes it a lot tougher than it looks.
CABINET // Trap Streets
A fascinating piece by James on trap streets, those fictitious places on maps that have no corresponding territory.
41Latitude - Google Maps & Label Readability
An examination into the legibility of labels on online mapping services.
thisisntfuckingdalston.co.uk
A low-tech version of Flickr's shapefiles: stopping people and asking "excuse me, what area is this?"
flickr shapetiles / july 2010
Aaron's lovely visualisation of Flickr's shapetiles.
Historypin | Home
Old photos placed on a map. Quite engrossing.