A Yr Of Earthquakes Mapped

Last yr in that place were over 6,000 earthquakes amongst a magnitude of over 4.5. A Year of Earthquakes is an interactive map plotting all the earthquakes closed to the public inward 2013.

Not solely does the map plot every earthquake that occurred final yr it besides includes population density together with mortality adventure layers. Using these layers it is possible to persuasion where earthquakes are close probable to movement high levels of death.

The time-line command beneath the map allows y'all to animate through the whole year's earthquake activity. You tin accommodate the command to demo dissimilar fourth dimension intervals during the animation (for illustration 10, 20, or xxx days). The marking for each earthquake displayed on the map is scaled past times magnitude. You tin besides role the map controls to filter the magnitude of quakes y'all desire visualized on the map.

Housing Density Inwards Melbourne

Last calendar week posted virtually the The Melbourne Bike Crash Map from the City Science Group at Monash University. The City Science Group has too created an interesting map of Melbourne House Density.

This map visualizes the distribution of dwelling household density inward Melbourne. Building plots on the map are colored yesteryear the discover of dwellings per foursquare kilometer. You tin mouse-over the private edifice plots to sentiment the discover of dwellings.

The map reveals that housing density is highest inward the urban centre center, presumably because of higher edifice density too to a greater extent than high-rise dwellings. Housing density becomes lower every bit yous deed out from the urban centre pump to the suburbs, where in that place is to a greater extent than low-rise housing too to a greater extent than infinite betwixt dwellings.

Mapping The Ebola Response

The OpenStreetMap of Guéckédou earlier HOT mapping

The electrical flow Ebola outbreak started inward Guéckédou, inward southeastern Guinea. The affliction shortly spread to other nearby Republic of Guinea towns as well as and thus to Republic of Liberia as well as Sierra Leone.

One of the biggest problems for aid agencies as well as wellness organizations inward responding to the crisis was the lack of skillful maps inward the areas where Ebola has been most prevalent. This is why the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) started the 2014 West Africa Ebola Response.

HOT industrial plant to ameliorate OpenStreetMap coverage to assist responses to disasters as well as crisis to a greater extent than or less the world. In West Africa HOT has been working difficult to ameliorate OpenStreetMap information inward companionship to aid help agencies invention as well as co-ordinate their disaster reply teams.


The OpenStreetMap of Guéckédou afterward the HOT 2014 West Africa Ebola Response

The resultant has been a huge improvement of OpenStreetMap coverage inward West Africa, especially inward the areas most affected past times the electrical flow Ebola outbreak. You tin cheque out the improvements inward OpenStreetMap inward West Africa yourself past times using Harry' Wood's Before as well as After OpenStreetMap tool. This tool uses a slider command which allows you lot to compare the electrical flow OpenStreetMap coverage to the OpenStreetMap coverage earlier the start of the HOT 2014 West Africa Ebola Response.

Here are links to the maps of  Guéckédou, Kissidougou as well as Macenta, 3 of the offset towns to endure hitting past times the electrical flow Ebola outbreak. You tin purpose the Before as well as After OpenStreetMap tool inward all 3 towns to stance how OpenStreetMap had side past times side to no coverage earlier the HOT response. Now all 3 towns convey extensive route maps as well as medical as well as wellness facilitates are also mapped.

You tin larn to a greater extent than nearly HOT past times visiting the Ebola reply wiki page.

700 Ruby Dots & 4,000 Holes

Clickhole has created a static map of 700 Red Dots inwards the USA. The map is an effective visualization of a remarkable position out of reddish dots throughout the US. However the purpose of a static map does hateful that the exact place of each reddish dot is a piffling difficult to read. The map would endure a lot to a greater extent than effective if you lot were able to zoom inwards together with pan the map.

The 700 Red Dots map is a bang-up event of a map which would endure far to a greater extent than effective if it was interactive. Clickhole could bring used Leaflet.js, Mapbox or the Google Maps API to create a fully interactive map.


For event hither is a map I created of Four Thousand Holes inwards Blackburn, Lancashire. The mightiness to zoom inwards together with out of the map together with to endure able to pan to a greater extent than or less makes the map much to a greater extent than useful. In fact, I'm certain you'll agree, the map would endure pretty pointless without it.

Mapping The Novel London

Whereabouts London is an experiment inwards redefining the boundaries of London neighborhoods based on how people alive in addition to non on the physical geography of where they live. Using information from a broad gain of sources, including demographics, identify prices in addition to the availability of dissimilar amenities Whereabouts London creates neighborhoods from the similarities in addition to distinctions betwixt Londoners in addition to their environments.

The novel map of London which emerges using this taxonomy is a urban amount of radial neighbourhoods. In the outer scream upwardly of London are the elderly, multi-car owning, identify owners. In the oculus nosotros detect the non-car owning, story renting young. In betwixt nosotros detect those condemned to the hell of London for the sins of gluttony, lust in addition to greed (I youngster - although this novel map of London does comport to a greater extent than than a passing resemblance to Dante's ix circles of Hell).

Map Out The Trash

I've ever liked the potential of the Google Maps API for creating applications to assistance citizens study local problems to local government. For example, inwards the U.K. FixMyStreet.com allows anyone to report, view, or hash out local problems as well as volition operate past times on the reported problems to the relevant local council.

TrashOut is approximately other Google Maps based application amongst a similar aim to permit anyone to study local fly-tipping problems. Using the application anyone tin study the place of an illegal dump anywhere inwards the world. The reddish markers on the map signal reports of illegal dumps. The greenish markers demo the locations of illegal dumps that convey been cleared as well as cleaned.

The Seattle Java Map

Apparently in that location are ane or ii places to larn a skillful loving cup of java inward Seattle. If also much pick confuses in addition to then you lot powerfulness desire to banking concern stand upward for out Seattle Eater's maps.

Seattle Eater has a huge make of Google Maps which tin help you lot discovery non alone the best java store exactly also (huge breath) .... the best restaurants for inexpensive eats, the best vegetarian restaurants, the best pizza restaurants, the best bars for arts and crafts beer, the best Chinese restaurants, the best Mexican restaurants ...

... in addition to the listing goes on. In fact if you lot accept a favorite type of nutrient in addition to then Seattle Eater in all likelihood has a map to help you lot discovery the best specialty restaurants inward Seattle.