The Maps Of The Week

There is a to a greater extent than than a chip of a German linguistic communication season to this week's maps of the week. By far my favorite map of the final 7 days was the Berliner Morgenpost's interactive version of the BBSR Map of European Population Change.

The German linguistic communication Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs, in addition to Spatial Development released a static map of population alter inwards Europe betwixt 2001 in addition to 2011. The Berliner Morgenpost used the information to practise a beautiful interactive map showing Where the Population of Europe is Growing – in addition to Where it’s Declining.

The map shows population increment inwards 119,406 municipalities from 43 European countries (including Turkey). It includes a number of snapshot analyses of interesting trends inwards the data. You tin access these snapshots using the links beneath the map. You tin also zoom inwards on the map in addition to click on whatever of the 119,406 municipalities to sentiment the per centum population alter betwixt 2001 in addition to 2011 at the selected location.


I was also actually impressed this calendar week alongside a wonderful information driven investigation into the popularity of Airbnb inwards Berlin in addition to the possible number it is having on affordable housing inwards the city.

Among the interactive maps used to illustrate the investigation is Airbnb Streets. The map highlights the streets inwards Berlin alongside to a greater extent than than xx Airbnb offers in addition to reveals that many of the properties listed on Airbnb are inwards pop tourist areas. In detail in that place is a high concentration of properties inwards areas that are pop alongside immature travelers.

Another interactive map inwards the article visualizes the number of Airbnb listings past times neighborhood. This choropleth map shows inwards which areas of the metropolis to a greater extent than flats in addition to rooms are offered on Airbnb. The Reuterkiez expanse inwards Neukölln is the nearly active neighborhood on Airbnb alongside 476 rooms in addition to flats listed inside alone a few blocks.


My to the lowest degree favorite map of the calendar week was the GeoHipster Map. However the readers of evidently disagreed alongside me in addition to visited this map inwards droves. Making it the nearly read postal service of the week.

Let me country yous why I loathe that map. It took me 5 months to grow that bloody beard in addition to the bastards nevertheless left me off the map. In protestation I've straight off shaved off all my pilus in addition to given upwardly mapping for good.

For those of yous nevertheless interested inwards maps - the GeoHipster Map shows the locations of the followers of the GeoHipster Twitter account. GeoHipster is a geo-blog alongside a exceptional focus on opened upwardly rootage in addition to opened upwardly data. The weblog features regular interviews alongside leading participants inwards the plain of  interactive mapping.

To go honest yous actually should add together it to your browser's 'bookmarks' folder.