This calendar week a couplet of intelligence maps actually caught my attention. First upward is Liveuamap, a Google Map reporting incidents from the crisis inwards Ukraine. The map is a nonprofit, volunteer run projection alongside a mission to inform the earth close the on-going conflict inwards Ukraine.
The latest events inwards the province are plotted on the map using categorized map markers as well as are too listed inwards a map side-panel. The bluish map markers relate to Ukrainian regime actions as well as the reddish markers demo the actions of the pro-Russian rebels.
The map includes a appointment picker so that y'all tin sack pick out to sentiment reported incidents from whatsoever appointment during the conflict. It too includes dynamic URL's so that y'all ask link to whatsoever incident reported on the map.
There convey been quite a few intelligence maps over the years as well as none of them convey been amend than Breaking News. Breaking News is an impressive website highlighting the latest intelligence stories simply about the world. The site includes ii chief elements, a map as well as a intelligence stream. Users tin sack either read the posted intelligence stories yesteryear clicking on the map pins or on the streamed intelligence storey headlines.
One of the nicest features of Breaking News is the 'ongoing stories' function. The intelligence current includes an 'ongoing stories' department as well as the headlines inwards the intelligence current are too tagged alongside these 'ongoing stories'. If y'all pick out an ongoing storey from the intelligence current the map updates to demo exclusively the geo-tagged intelligence items related to your chosen intelligence topic.
The site includes a give away of other great features, such equally the mightiness to search for intelligence stories as well as to relieve topics.
I Know Where Your Cat Lives is non the most innovative of maps but it has to hold out included inwards this week's round-up of the best maps, if exclusively because it has been the most pop map on social media over the in conclusion few days.
One of the earliest pop uses of the Google Maps API was Gawker Stalker. The instantly defunct Gawker Stalker allowed y'all to rail the movements of your favorite celebrities cheers to the detailed stalking carried out yesteryear Gawker as well as their readers.
If at that topographic point is 1 matter to a greater extent than pop than celebrities on the mesh as well as so that is pictures of cats. It is thus surprising that nosotros convey had to aspect vii years for mortal to finally larn simply about to releasing I Know Where Your Cat Lives.
I Know Where Your Cat Lives displays pictures of cats on a Google Map. The pictures of the cats come upward from pop photograph sharing websites as well as the locations are based on the information hidden inwards truthful cat photograph metadata.
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