The Amazingly Awesome Maps Of The Week

This calendar week I was rattling impressed past times ii place based web-documentaries. One was Be Norilsk, a fascinating trouble concern human relationship of the history of the world's most northerly city, Norilsk inwards Siberia. The other is Sons of Gallipoli, an trouble concern human relationship of the Battle of Gallipoli during the First World War.

Both purpose place information inwards dissimilar ways. Be Norilsk uses a 3d map of the metropolis to demonstrate the increment of Norilsk during the Twentieth Century. Sons of Gallipoli, on the other hand, uses a beautifully designed custom map to demonstrate primal locations during the infamous battle.


I was too rattling impressed this calendar week with Mimi Onuoha's Pathways project. Four dissimilar groups of people agreed to percentage i month's worth of mobile band place in addition to message information amongst Mimi. She in addition to hence develop most mapping their movements for that month.

Mimi Onuoha uses the 4 tracking maps to endeavour in addition to translate the information to come across what she tin infer most the lives of the individuals tracked. On each map yous tin click on the 'insights' in addition to 'conclusions' buttons to expose what Mimi thinks the information reveals most the 4 tracked groups in addition to the individuals inside those groups.


This was too around other calendar week when Mapzen created around astounding maps. In Escape from Mercator Mapzen acquaint a release of experimental Tangram maps which genuinely don't purpose the ubiquitous Web Mercator projection.

Among the to a greater extent than experimental map projections inwards the Mapzen weblog post is an Inception map projection (which looked at concluding week), a Katamari projection (pictured above), a psychedelic wavy map projection in addition to a 2nd to 3d transitional projection.