Monday 20 August 2018
Germany's Plans to Invade Britain
Germany's invasion map of Newcastle - Library of Congress
The German plan for invading Britain in World War II was code-named Operation Sea Lion. Although both Germany and Britain believed that an invasion was unlikely to succeed it didn't stop both sides from planning for a German invasion of Britain. In Germany the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Nazi German Supreme Command of the Armed Forces)
Saturday 18 August 2018
The Ethnic Dot Map of Estonia
The Ethnic Dot Map of Estonia is an interactive map which shows where different ethnic groups are living in Estonia. The map contains 1.29 million dots, each dot representing a different Estonian. The map was created using data from the 2011 census. On the map the blue dots show Estonians, the red dots represent Russians and the green dots are for other ethnic groups. Purple dots show people of
Friday 17 August 2018
The Streetcars of San Francisco
The wonderful Where the Streetcars Used to Go now includes an interactive map of the historical streetcar network in the East Bay. Where the Streetcars Used to go is a fascinating map visualizing the San Francisco streetcar transit network as it existed in 1941 & 1956 and as it exists today. It now includes the tram lines that were once operated by the Key System company in Berkeley and Oakland
The Cartography Playground
The Cartography Playground is a new interactive website where you can learn about many different aspects of map design, principles and cartographic algorithms. At the moment the Cartography Playground includes components on Map Design, the Douglas-Peucker Algorithm, Contour Lines to Profile, Clustering Methods and Cartographic Generalization. It also includes a quiz where you can test how much
Mapping Raptor Persecution
Birds of prey in the UK all share a common enemy - the human race. Every week the RSPB receive reports of raptors being shot, trapped or poisoned. Many other incidents go unreported. This is why the RSPB has decided to release a centralized hub to monitor and track raptor persecution in the UK.
The Raptor Persecution Hub provides an overview of the illegal treatment of birds of prey in the UK.
Thursday 16 August 2018
Mapping the Homeless of LA
In January 2015 the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority carried out a survey of the homeless in Los Angeles County. The survey estimated that there were 44,359 homeless living in the county. Using the data from the count the Los Angeles Times created a dot map to visualize the distribution of homeless people throughout the county.
Each dot on the Where are L.A. County’s Homeless? map
Making Vintage Panoramic Maps
The Buffalo News has created a nice interactive map from an 1880 panoramic map of Buffalo, created by E.H. Hutchinson. The Buffalo News interactive version of the map allows you to zoom-in and explore this vintage oblique view of the city in close detail.
The map includes a number of map markers which provide information about some of the landmarks shown on the map and some historical photos of
