Road, River & Railway Maps

Railroads: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Staple inwards World Growth is a neat interactive map showing entirely all the world's railway lines in addition to no other features. There are plenty railway lines roughly the globe for a recognizable map of the the world to appear.

Looking at the emergent map the quondam eastern bloc countries inwards Eastern Europe seem to accept the densest concentration of railway lines. The map too clearly shows, via the absence of railway lines, some of the world's final remaining swell undeveloped areas, such every bit the Brazilian pelting forest, the Saharan Desert in addition to the Australian Outback.


Using the Google Maps API's Styled Maps characteristic it is possible to job a like map showing entirely the world's roads. When Google start released the alternative to fashion maps I created this World Road Map.

Unfortunately when you lot zoom out Google Maps does non demo roads, in addition to hence at the lowest zoom levels you lot larn a blank map. However the payoff of Google Maps showing dissimilar details at dissimilar zoom levels is that to a greater extent than roads look every bit you lot zoom inwards on the map. At lower zoom levels you lot entirely run across highways in addition to major roads on the map but, every bit you lot zoom in, you lot start out to run across the whole route network appear.


Nelson Minar created a rattling beautiful map of the USA showing entirely rivers. Nelson too created a release of interactive maps of the American River Map.

Unfortunately the map tile server for the river information seems to accept died in addition to hence none of the interactive maps look to operate anymore. However you lot tin withal stance images of the American River Map on Flickr.