The Maps Of The Week
Malfideleco was likely the most talked close map this week. However I remember its popularity was to a greater extent than to practice amongst the involvement inward the Ashley Madison hack rather than the lineament of the map. Therefore let's chop-chop movement on to the existent maps of the week.
EcoWest has released 2 interactive maps which allow you lot to explore fifteen years of drought information in addition to 34 years of atmospheric precipitation data. The Tracking U.S. Drought Severity map visualizes the weekly drought designations from the U.S. Drought Monitor from the offset of the 20th Century. Select a engagement from the timeline beneath the map in addition to you lot tin sentiment a heat-map of the drought weather during that week.
The minute map, Rain in addition to Snow inward the U.S. Since 1981, shows the full monthly pelting in addition to snowfall totals across the country. You tin purpose the timeline beneath the map to direct a engagement in addition to sentiment a heat-map of atmospheric precipitation levels for the selected month. This fourth dimension the timeline includes a graph which shows the full rainfall for each calendar month since 1981.
Websites which allow you lot to direct compare the sizes of 2 or to a greater extent than unlike countries convey e'er been a pop way to purpose interactive map libraries. OverlayMaps, MAPfrappe, My Life Elsewhere, Mapmerizer and If It Were My Home? are v expert examples of apps which allow you lot to compare i place direct amongst some other on an interactive map.
The True Size of ... is a welcome improver to this growing listing of province comparing maps. This map allows you lot to overlay the outlines of whatever countries on pinnacle of some other province on a Google Map. You tin type whatever province or province into the search box to add together its shape to the map. You tin hence drag the shape approximately the map to compare its size to whatever other province on the map.
The True Size of ... map makes purpose of the Google Maps API's geodesic belongings for draggable polygons. This way that when you lot drag a province approximately on the map the polygon shape resizes every bit you lot movement N or southward on the map, compensating inward business office for the distortions inward Google Maps' Web Mercator projection.
There didn't appear to locomote much involvement inward my ain Shifting Cites map this week. Therefore it is decidedly dodgy that it makes it to this week's Maps of the Week list. I suspect in that place is some course of didactics of bias involved.
Since the early on years of the U.S. in that place has been a gradual westward shift inward the hateful oculus of population. In 1790 the most populated cities inward the U.S. were all on the East Coast. In the 2010 census seven of the 10 largest cities were located inward the Lord's Day Belt portion of the southward in addition to west.
Shifting Cities shows the pinnacle 10 most populated U.S. cities for every decade since 1790. The map likewise shows the hateful oculus of population inward the USA for each decade.
