The Altitude X Posts Of 2015
On the whole readers are idiots. Don't cause got my give-and-take for it - only cause got a await at some of the rubbish you've been reading this twelvemonth on this ridiculous mapping blog.
These were the peak 10 most pop posts on inward 2015. At to the lowest degree 2 of them were skilful maps. In 2016 nosotros must all practise better.
1. Pacman on Google Maps
Google Maps on the desktop may live slower than a folding newspaper map but Google practise know how to practise an amazing Apr Fools experience. I intend this must live at to the lowest degree the 4th twelvemonth running when Google's Apr Fools joke has been the most visited post service on .
2. Ashley Madison Users Mapped
In August the Ashley Madison dating app for married cheaters was hacked. Malfideleco managed to exploit some of the tidings involvement roughly this storey amongst an interactive map showing the distribution of Ashley Madison users roughly the world. I managed to exploit the Malfideleco map amongst this instant most read post service of 2015.
3. Chennai Flood Map
In the publish 3 spot nosotros lastly cause got a useful map. In Nov Tamil Nadu inward southern Bharat suffered the heaviest rainfall inward over a century causing massive flooding. Flood Maps sprang into activity creating a crowd-sourced interactive map to assistance spot inundated roads inward the nation working capital missive of the alphabet of Chennai, the locations of open & closed inundation relief camps in addition to waterlogged locations inward the city.
4. Landsat Maps Our Changing World
Landsat Lens is a peachy interactive mapping tool which allows y'all to explore how the public has changed past times comparison Lansat satellite imagery from 6 dissimilar years. The map allows y'all to search for whatever place on public in addition to and then overlay satellite imagery of your selected place from 1975, 1990, 2000, 2005, 2010 & 2015.
5. Snowmaggedon Maps
In Jan the USA saw a lot of snow. Someone made a useless map of Twitter mentions of Snowmageedon. In plough loads of people visited my useless post service almost this useless map.
6. Close Encounters of the Mapped Kind
When is suffering from depression traffic in addition to then a skilful one-time UFO map is certain to generate some traffic. This round-up of maps tracking UFO sightings was the 6th most visited post service this year, Jeez!
7. The Medieval Digital Map
The Gough Map or Bodleian Map is the oldest surviving route map of Great Britain. The map in all likelihood dates dorsum to the 14th or 15th centuries. You tin directly examine the map inward unopen item on The Linguistic Geographies interactive version of the map.
8. Battleground Britain
This twelvemonth the Britain had a full general election. Back inward Jan at that spot yet seemed some promise that the malignant forces of evil ruling this Septic Isle mightiness live defeated. What fools nosotros were. However this map of the UK's fifty 'most interesting' marginal seats was a worthy commencement to a frantic few months of election mapping inward the UK.
9. The Beautiful Hand Drawn Map of Reykjavik
This interactive paw drawn map of Iceland's working capital missive of the alphabet was i of my favorite maps of the year, hence I'm glad to encounter it only sneak into the peak 10 most read posts on . The Reykjavik Center Map is a hand-drawn watercolor map of the Icelandic working capital missive of the alphabet made upward of 186 A3 course of report watercolor sheets, which took a squad of architects in addition to designers 2 years to complete. I dear it!
10. The Witcher III Leaflet Map
What tin I say? People similar interactive maps of video game worlds. As maps of games become this isn't the worst I've seen. Why it made it into the peak 10 most pop posts on though, I cannot say.
These were the peak 10 most pop posts on inward 2015. At to the lowest degree 2 of them were skilful maps. In 2016 nosotros must all practise better.
1. Pacman on Google Maps
Google Maps on the desktop may live slower than a folding newspaper map but Google practise know how to practise an amazing Apr Fools experience. I intend this must live at to the lowest degree the 4th twelvemonth running when Google's Apr Fools joke has been the most visited post service on .
2. Ashley Madison Users Mapped
In August the Ashley Madison dating app for married cheaters was hacked. Malfideleco managed to exploit some of the tidings involvement roughly this storey amongst an interactive map showing the distribution of Ashley Madison users roughly the world. I managed to exploit the Malfideleco map amongst this instant most read post service of 2015.
3. Chennai Flood Map
In the publish 3 spot nosotros lastly cause got a useful map. In Nov Tamil Nadu inward southern Bharat suffered the heaviest rainfall inward over a century causing massive flooding. Flood Maps sprang into activity creating a crowd-sourced interactive map to assistance spot inundated roads inward the nation working capital missive of the alphabet of Chennai, the locations of open & closed inundation relief camps in addition to waterlogged locations inward the city.
4. Landsat Maps Our Changing World
Landsat Lens is a peachy interactive mapping tool which allows y'all to explore how the public has changed past times comparison Lansat satellite imagery from 6 dissimilar years. The map allows y'all to search for whatever place on public in addition to and then overlay satellite imagery of your selected place from 1975, 1990, 2000, 2005, 2010 & 2015.
5. Snowmaggedon Maps
In Jan the USA saw a lot of snow. Someone made a useless map of Twitter mentions of Snowmageedon. In plough loads of people visited my useless post service almost this useless map.
6. Close Encounters of the Mapped Kind
When is suffering from depression traffic in addition to then a skilful one-time UFO map is certain to generate some traffic. This round-up of maps tracking UFO sightings was the 6th most visited post service this year, Jeez!
7. The Medieval Digital Map
The Gough Map or Bodleian Map is the oldest surviving route map of Great Britain. The map in all likelihood dates dorsum to the 14th or 15th centuries. You tin directly examine the map inward unopen item on The Linguistic Geographies interactive version of the map.
8. Battleground Britain
This twelvemonth the Britain had a full general election. Back inward Jan at that spot yet seemed some promise that the malignant forces of evil ruling this Septic Isle mightiness live defeated. What fools nosotros were. However this map of the UK's fifty 'most interesting' marginal seats was a worthy commencement to a frantic few months of election mapping inward the UK.
9. The Beautiful Hand Drawn Map of Reykjavik
This interactive paw drawn map of Iceland's working capital missive of the alphabet was i of my favorite maps of the year, hence I'm glad to encounter it only sneak into the peak 10 most read posts on . The Reykjavik Center Map is a hand-drawn watercolor map of the Icelandic working capital missive of the alphabet made upward of 186 A3 course of report watercolor sheets, which took a squad of architects in addition to designers 2 years to complete. I dear it!
10. The Witcher III Leaflet Map
What tin I say? People similar interactive maps of video game worlds. As maps of games become this isn't the worst I've seen. Why it made it into the peak 10 most pop posts on though, I cannot say.
