mapping
-
Real-Time Traffic Cameras Could Make Me Actually Use Bing Maps
Yes, Bing Maps does still exist, and thanks to a brand-new update, you might even have a reason to use it again.
-
England Uploads Free Digital Model Of The Entire Country After Minecraft Players Ask For It
Laser scanning has helped England do everything from discovering new things about Stonehenge to planning better flood infrastructure. Now, the country has made the entirety of its massive trove of scans available for free — in part because of requests from everyone from researchers to Minecraft players.
-
This Digital Map Of The Seafloor Can Help Scientists Predict Environmental Change
We know less about the deep ocean than we do about the surface of Mars. But if we want to really understand how humans are impacting the Earth, we need to start looking down deep into the muck. That’s why scientists created the first digital map of the seafloor’s geologic composition.
-
These Maps Plot The Most Interesting Places And The Paths Between Them
For the past five years data artist Eric Fischer’s been working on something called the Geotaggers’ World Atlas, a project which hopes to discover the world’s most interesting places by examining beautiful Flickr photos. As it turns out, the maps showing the routes between them are just as beautiful.