Showing posts with label Berlin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Berlin. Show all posts

Saturday, March 5, 2022

Mapping Wheel Accidents


Berliner Fahrradunfälle nach Ort is a Google Map of Berlin cycle accidents inwards 2011. The map was created using information from the Berlin police.

Users tin search the map yesteryear place as well as tin filter the results yesteryear the break of accidents reported for each location. For example, if you lot choose the  'Über 21 Unfälle' selection (over 21 accidents) you lot tin sentiment the 6 roads inwards Berlin that were the place for the highest break of cycle accidents.

The police trace information exclusively specifies the place as well as break of accidents amongst no indication of the severity of each accident, the drive of the accident or the fourth dimension as well as engagement of each accident.

Monday, November 29, 2021

Mapping Rental Prices Inwards Berlin


The Berliner Morgenpost has published an interesting map of Berlin that allows residents to come across how much of their monthly income they volition convey to pass (on average) when renting a belongings inward the High German capital.

Wo Sie sich Berlin Leisten Können uses a sliding income command to let users to larn into their monthly income. The income command generates a estrus map of Berlin that shows what pct of the entered monthly income volition on average larn on rental costs inward the city's neighborhoods. It is likewise possible to larn into the issue of bedrooms to conform the map to present the rental costs for dissimilar sized apartments.

Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Adding 3D Edifice Footprints To Maps


It's turning into CartDB twenty-four hr menses hither on Google . Today CartoDB has released a map of Berlin museums to demonstrate the operate of OSM Buildings information inside CartoDB.

The Long Night of the Museums uses OSM Buildings information to highlight all the Berlin museums opening belatedly this Sat nighttime earlier International Museum Day. All the museums highlighted on the map volition live on opening until ii am on sun morning.

The map uses OSM Buildings information to exercise 3d footprints of each of the museums. It is a powerful tool to highlight private buildings on a map. The CartoDB Blog has a postal service explaining a niggling nearly how y'all tin comprise 3d buildings on your ain CartoDB maps too they pick out also open-sourced the code for the higher upwards map on GitHub.


If y'all desire to exercise 3d edifice footprints on Google Maps John Dyer has posted a tutorial explaining how y'all tin operate polygons to exercise the resultant of 3d buildings. Using polygons is a chip to a greater extent than convoluted too non every bit elegant every bit CartoDB's solution simply it tin live on used to exercise striking Google Maps, specially combined alongside Google Maps' oblique aerial view.

John's tutorial explains how he created the 3d buildings used on the awesome DTS Dallas Theological Seminary campus map. The operate of polygons too the Google Maps 45° oblique aerial sentiment on the campus map actually does manage to focus the map user's attending onto the highlighted buildings.

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Mapping The Etymology Of House Names


Straßenkrieg is a fascinating map revealing the history behind the many Berlin street names which bring a armed services connection. The map highlights Berlin streets which bring been named later battles, of import armed services leaders or High German the world forces regiments.

All the armed services connected roads are highlighted on the map amongst colored lines. The colors signal the historical menses associated amongst the road's name, e.g. Prussian, the Weimar Republic, National Socialism or post-WWII. If you lot pick out a route on the map you lot tin travel read a brief explanation of the armed services relevance of the road's cite in addition to click-through to read a to a greater extent than detailed concern human relationship of the mortal or battle memorialized.


Straßenkrieg reminds me a lot of the History of San Francisco Place Names. The History of San Francisco Place Names is a fascinating insight into the history of the names behind the city's landmarks in addition to streets.

Click on whatever of the streets or landmarks, marked inwards bluish on the map, in addition to you lot tin travel notice out who it was named later or where its cite originally came from.

Monday, May 31, 2021

Berlin's European Elections Map


Berliner Morgenpost's map of the European election results inward Berlin

Yesterday I started writing a round-up of European election maps created yesteryear newspapers across Europe. However I was too hence disappointed alongside the full general lineament of the maps created that I speedily scrapped the post.

The i map that I was impressed alongside was yesteryear the Berliner Morgenpost. Europawahl 2014 Alle Stimmen inward den 529 Berliner Wahlkiezen is a map showing the results of the European elections inward each of Berlin's 529 election districts.

Like the Berliner Morgenpost's map of the German National Election the results inward the European elections present that at that topographic point is withal a clear dividing work betwixt voters inward the sometime eastern too western blocks inward Berlin


Berliner Morgenpost's map of the German linguistic communication national election results inward Berlin

Almost 25 years afterward the collapse of the Berlin Wall the Berliner Morgenpost map reveals a political wall withal exists betwixt East too West Berlin too that this  political wall runs close just along the work of the sometime Berlin Wall. To the due east the Left Party emerged triumphant, piece inward the westward the CDU too the SPD were the political winners.

The Berliner Morgenpost's European Elections Map is itself a actually good designed visualization of the Berlin election results. The map provides a unproblematic visualization of the overall winners inward each electoral district inward Berlin yesteryear shading each district alongside the color of the winning party. If y'all click on an electoral district on the map y'all tin stance a breakdown of the results for each political party too y'all tin likewise compare the 2014 results alongside the votes sort inward the district inward the 2009 European Elections.

The map likewise uses an effective polygon knockout final result to cover all of the map except for Berlin. If y'all desire to recreate this final result alongside Google Maps y'all tin purpose Vasile Cotovanu's polygon masking wizard Geomask. Using Geomask it is possible to practise a doughnut type polygon which alone shows the map through the hole inward the doughnut polygon. The final result of using Geomask is to highlight the relevant expanse on the map too mask the residual of the map.

Another effective blueprint chemical ingredient of the map is that when y'all click on an electoral district on the map a work is drawn from the district to the results inward the map sidebar. It appears that the Berliner Morgenpost had discovered a keen method for drawing a polyline from the map to a static chemical ingredient exterior the map.

Monday, May 17, 2021

Outdoor Swimming Inwards Berlin


I similar this uncomplicated together with understated map of Berlin swimming lakes together with swimming pools. Berliner Badenstellen shows the locations of outdoor swimming locations together with indoor swimming pools inward together with merely about the High German capital.

The purpose of earthy natural tones on the map complements the map's focus on where you lot tin plow over the axe swim inward nature inward Berlin. The sparing purpose of alone 2 3d buildings on the map equally good helps past times non overwhelming the map amongst visual noise. The alternative of 2 of Berlin's merely about recognized landmarks, the Berliner Funkturm tower together with the Berliner Fernsehturm tower, render plenty geographical context for the user without distracting attending from the swimming lake markers.

If you lot conduct a marking on the map you lot tin plow over the axe become brief data on the depth together with the H2O character available at that location.

Sunday, May 2, 2021

Bike Video Routes Inwards Berlin


Grab your virtual wheel helmet as well as accept a ride through the Tiergarten as well as the Brandenburg Gate as well as along the Unter den Linden alongside Cyclodeo's novel wheel video coverage inward Berlin. Cyclodeo's mission to video all the world's wheel paths has taken approximately other pace forrad alongside the liberate of video mapped wheel routes for Berlin.

Cyclodeo is a actually useful application that enables cyclists to detect cycling routes on a Google Map as well as preview the road yesteryear watching a video of it existence ridden. With this novel liberate Cyclodeo has added 86 wheel rides inward Berlin roofing to a greater extent than than 200 km. Even if yous aren't a Berlin cyclist yous tin role these novel video routes to accept a virtual tour of Berlin.

Once you've taken inward Berlin on Cyclodeo yous tin deed on to persuasion wheel video routes inward San Francisco, New York, London, Amsterdam, Copenhagen as well as Eindhoven.

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Mapping Squatting Inward Berlin


Berlin Besetzt is a map showing the locations of squats inwards Berlin from 1970 to the introduce day. You tin persuasion all the houses that convey been squatted inwards this menses or you lot tin purpose the engagement slide command to persuasion the history of squatting inwards Berlin over the final few decades.

Using the engagement command it appears that 1981 was the golden historic menses for squatters inwards Berlin. It is likewise interesting to banknote the ascent of squatting inwards due east Berlin afterwards the autumn of the Berlin Wall. The map likewise reveals that Kreuzberg has remained a really pop expanse for Berlin squatters for to a greater extent than that 30 years.

Friday, April 16, 2021

Isochrone Story Search


SONA is a handy map that tin assistance you lot notice apartments to rent inward Berlin yesteryear move time.

If you lot instruct into the location of your workplace together with the fourth dimension you lot are prepared to commute into the SONA application you lot tin sentiment all the available apartments inside your acceptable move fourth dimension on a MapBox created map. All the areas you lot tin move to on populace transit inward your commute fourth dimension are shown on the map amongst an isochrone layer.

The isochrone layer is colored inward x infinitesimal segments, together with therefore you lot tin easily say at a glance how long it would convey to move to each of the displayed properties. If you lot select an apartment's mark on the map you lot tin sentiment all the details well-nigh the apartment. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 transit road is likewise automatically displayed on the map showing your road from operate to the floor together with how long the journeying would take.

SONA was designed yesteryear route360, specialists inward online spatial search, road planning together with move fourth dimension analysis.

Sunday, March 21, 2021

The Berlin Map Of Football Game Fandom


Berlin is a divided city. Despite the dismantling of the Berlin Wall, Berlin remains a metropolis split inward two. In due east Berlin the one-time communist neighborhoods stay wedded to supporting ane football game club, acre their neighbors inward the due west exhibit allegiance to an solely unlike football game team.

The Berliner Morgenpost has created a map of football game fandom inward the High German capital. Using information obtained from Hertha Berlin as well as FC Union Berlin the paper has produced a map showing where the members of both football game clubs live.

The Berliner Fußballkarte shows the unwrap of registered members for each guild inward each Berlin neighborhood. Each neighborhood on the map is colored to exhibit the guild alongside the nearly members inward that neighborhood. If y'all mouse-over a neighborhood y'all tin grade notice detect out the exact total of numbers each guild has inward that area. The map is non restricted to fans inward the High German capital, if y'all zoom out y'all tin grade notice discovery the unwrap of registered members for each football game guild inward the whole of Germany.


The Berliner Morgenpost map was inspired yesteryear the New York Times' maps of sports fans inward America. The New York Times has created 2 maps which exhibit the unwrap of fans of basketball game as well as baseball game teams inward the USA, based on their unwrap of Facebook 'likes'.

Mapping the Basketball Nation as well as the Map of the Baseball Nation both split the USA into novel regions based on the unwrap of supporters of basketball game as well as baseball game teams across the country.

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Go Berlin - The Map Lead To Berlin


If yous alive inwards Berlin, or convey plans to see the metropolis whatever fourth dimension soon, in addition to hence yous should straight off bookmark Go Berlin. This is the alone map of Berlin that yous are always probable to need.

Go Berlin is a novel events listings in addition to metropolis map from Berlin magazines Zitty in addition to Tip Berlin. At the 2nd the map is alone inwards an Alpha free phase only it is already an invaluable conduct to discovering where to become in addition to what to practice inwards Germany's upper-case missive of the alphabet city.

Using the map yous tin sack search for upcoming events nether the 'Programm' heading. Here yous tin sack detect theatre, cinema, gigs in addition to other events inwards the city. Select this pick in addition to the location of upcoming events volition last added to the map. Click on a marking in addition to yous tin sack sentiment details virtually the event, including the address of the venue in addition to the appointment in addition to starting times of upcoming events.

The 'Gastro' department allows yous to add together the locations of cafes in addition to restaurants to the map. Select a restaurant's marking in addition to yous tin sack read a review of the eating home in addition to sentiment all the details yous postulate to majority a tabular array in addition to detect the restaurant.

As yous browse the Go Berlin map yous tin sack star private events in addition to venues that grab your core to practice an private map of all the restaurants, events in addition to places which yous innovation to see inwards the city.

Saturday, August 15, 2020

Twenty 5 Years Since The Berlin Wall


The Berliner Morgenpost has published a cracking aerial sentiment map of Berlin which allows you lot to compare the modern 24-hour interval Berlin amongst the Berlin of 1989.

Twenty-five years agone this Nov the Berlin Wall was torn down. Since thus Berlin has been transformed. Using the Berliner Morgenpost's novel interactive map Die Narbe der Stadt (The Scar of the City) you lot tin compare the Berlin of 1989 amongst the Berlin of 2014, using aerial imagery of the metropolis from both years.

You tin pan too zoom the map too switch betwixt the aerial views from the 2 years to compare the Berlin of today amongst the Berlin of 1989. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 card inwards the top-left corner of the map provides quick links to roughly of import locations inwards the metropolis which convey been transformed inwards the final twenty-five years.

High German speakers tin too read a long-form guided tour of the Berlins Wall's i time boundary to acquire to a greater extent than nigh how the metropolis has changed since the collapse of East Germany.

Saturday, June 27, 2020

The Novel Berlin Wall


The Nokia HERE weblog has been looking at historical maps of Berlin to meet how map makers inwards pre-unification Deutschland represented the presence of the Berlin Wall in addition to East in addition to West Berlin inwards maps. In History of the Berlin Wall Through Maps CJ Schuler examines how cartographers inwards East in addition to West Deutschland responded to the partitioning of the city.

The post service looks at a serial of maps, including this 1988 map (screenshot above) from East Germany, which shows West Berlin only every bit a huge hole inwards the map.


Twenty-five years agone this Nov the Berlin Wall was torn down. Since in addition to hence Berlin has been transformed. The Berliner Morgenpost has published a neat aerial persuasion map of Berlin which allows y'all to compare the modern hateful solar daytime Berlin amongst the Berlin of 1989.

Using the Berliner Morgenpost's interactive map Die Narbe der Stadt you tin switch betwixt aerial views of Berlin from 1989 in addition to aerial views of Berlin today. H5N1 carte du jour inwards the top-left corner of the map provides quick links to about of import locations inwards the urban nub which convey been transformed inwards the twenty-five years since the wall was torn down.


The Berliner Morgenpost has besides created a novel map of Berlin which reveals a novel dividing business inwards the city. How the S-Bahn Ring Divides the City is a map of the High German majuscule inwards which the neighborhoods convey been colored to exhibit whether almost of the inhabitants were born inwards or exterior Berlin.

The map reveals that inside the S-Bahn holler upward inwards every neighborhood, except Neu-Templhof, the bulk of the residents were born exterior Berlin. Outside the S-Bahn holler upward many of the neighborhoods are dominated past times native Berliners.

Death On The Berlin Wall


Castilian radio & television set broadcaster RTVE has released an interactive map to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the autumn of the Berlin Wall. The map investigates the 138 victims who were killed trying to cross the Wall during the Cold War.

During the 28 years of the Wall's beingness 121 men, eight women together with ix children were killed spell trying to cross into West Berlin. Caidos en el Muro uses the Google Maps API to plot the locations where each of the 138 victims were killed spell trying to cross the edge betwixt East together with West Germany.

You tin filter the results past times date, past times age, past times sexual practice together with past times type of death. If you lot choose a marking on the map you lot tin read brief details (in Spanish) virtually the life of the selected victim together with how they were killed. If you lot click  on the victim's cite inward the data window you lot tin read to a greater extent than virtually the private (in English) on the Berlin Wall Memorial website.

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Squatting Inwards Due East & W Berlin


West Berlin has a long tradition of civil, grassroots political action. One of the clearest demonstrations of this tradition is the good established squatter crusade inwards the city. After the Fall: Socio-Spatial Movements inwards East Berlin plots the place as well as meaning dates of civil activity inwards both East as well as West Berlin.

Significant instances of civil activity are plotted on the map using 2 colors. The yellowish markers present 'socio-spatial movements' from earlier the autumn of the Berlin Wall as well as the bluish markers those which occurred later the fall. The ruby-red trace of piece of job on the map shows the seat of the Berlin Wall.

The map demonstrates how earlier the collapse of the Berlin Wall this crusade of civil activity was largely confined to West Berlin. However since the reunification of Deutschland the eastern one-half of the metropolis has too seen a ascent inwards civil action, especially inwards the growing squatting movement.


The information for the After the Fall map comes from Berlin Besetzt. Berlin Besetzt is a map showing the locations of squats inwards Berlin from 1970 to the introduce day. You tin sentiment all the houses that bring been squatted inwards this menses or yous tin role the appointment slide command to sentiment the history of squatting inwards Berlin over the concluding few decades.

Using the appointment command it appears that 1981 was the golden historic menses for squatters inwards Berlin. This map too clearly shows the ascent of squatting inwards eastward Berlin later the autumn of the Berlin Wall. The map too reveals that Kreuzberg has remained a really pop expanse for Berlin squatters for to a greater extent than that xxx years.

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Exploring Berlin


Stil inwards Berlin is an English linguistic communication website exploring all aspects of life of the High German capital. The site features in-depth articles as well as reviews nearly restaurants, shops, fine art as well as night-life inwards Berlin.

Stil inwards Berlin likewise features a nicely designed Google Map which allows you lot to explore as well as discovery corking places to see inwards Berlin. The map allows you lot to filter the venues displayed past times art, culture, food, shops as well as going out.

The map likewise features approximately neat map interactions. When you lot click on the 'More Info' link inwards a venue's data window the venue details are loaded beneath the map as well as the spider web page automatically scrolls downward to the information. Click on the 'Back to Map' link as well as the page scrolls dorsum to the map view.

The Berlin M29 Virtual Video Ride


Today I induce got been mainly exploring Berlin from the altitude deck of the M29 bus. I'm non genuinely inwards Berlin simply thank yous to the Berliner Morgenpost yous tin sack instantly induce got a virtual ride across Berlin next the road of the M29.

M29 - Berlins Buslinie der großen Unterschiede features a transit-line road map of the M29. You tin sack click on whatever goal on the M29 road to sentiment a showtime someone video clip of the journeying to the side past times side goal on the route.

The virtual video ride on its ain is plenty to pay a catch to this Berliner Morgenpost interactive. However the video is likewise accompanied past times a detailed bear witness of the xvi kilometers of Berlin that the charabanc travels through on its journey.

Beneath the video yous tin sack explore a whole host of socio-economic statistics almost the neighborhoods which the charabanc passes through. These include information on utilization data, belongings prices, income statistics, the reveal of immigrants too voting patterns.

Monday, March 30, 2020

Berlin Inward Incredible 3D


Wirtschaftsatlas Berlin is a map of Berlin which includes a pretty amazing isometric persuasion of the metropolis alongside fully textured 3d edifice models. The map equally good includes a to a greater extent than traditional OpenStreetMap 2nd map persuasion together with Google Maps Street View.

To practise the 3d map only about 500,000 Berlin buildings were photographed from the air together with their roofs were measured yesteryear Lidar. From this data photo-realistic 3d models of the buildings were created for the map.