Most kids learn the story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke at some point, but could its fate have been hiding in plain sight all along, behind some patches on a map? It’s a major clue that could eventually solve a 400-year-old mystery.
The Netherlands have given the world so much: pizza, sex tourism, The Hague, Rembrandt, Vermeer — and let’s not Aelbert Cuyp. In the tradition of the last three, the Dutch now serve up the most artistically bizarre Google blurring ever.
A report issued by the Federal Communications Commission reveals that the Google engineer responsible for collecting private information via wireless networks from Street View cars repeatedly told his colleagues about the controversial nature of what was happening.
If we are what we eat, then plenty of us are massive, walking cheeseburgers. But this data visualisation shows how average eating health varies around the world — and how it changes over the course of a full day.
Dallas-based artist Matthew Cusick cuts and arranges pages from old maps, layer upon layer, creating stunning portraits and landscape scenes.
Google Maps and Street View are great for getting the lay of the land, but not so much for actually stopping to look around. Now Google Maps has added 3D photo tours of more than 15,000 popular sites around the world, like St Mark’s Basilica or the Colosseum.
So how does the book publishing industry battle back as they watch its market share being slowly nibbled away by ereaders and tablets? Well, by churning out an incredibly massive 1.8m x 1.4m world atlas with a price tag of $US100,000.
Fresh from a jaunt along the Rio Negro, Google is digitising the interior of the First Family’s mansion. Now you can leisurely wander around the White House without being detained by the Secret Service.
Maps can be beautiful things, that bring back memories, remind you of journeys, or just make you glad you live where you do. A company called Woodcut Maps now lets you preserve a Google Maps image in solid wood — and the results look gorgeous.
