Undriven snow: Activists trace winter car routes to reshape city streets
99 percent invisible
An ingenious and creative approach to highlighting real-world traffic data for urban planning from urban space activists in Philadelphia.
Strava heat map exposes secret military locations, sparks security fears
Geoawesomeness
Operational security risks noted as fitness tracking services provider Strava releases heatmap of global activity, with military base locations clearly identifiable — and mappable.
Since 1910, this statue has warned Parisians about flooding
Big Think: Strange Maps
As floodwaters in Paris peak, Big Think’s Strange Maps blog uncovers the historic manner in which Parisians have kept tabs on past flood events.
Extremities of the Earth: The Lowest Natural Point
Tiefenkarte des Grossen Ozeans by August Petermann, 1877. Image provided by Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
Worlds Discovered: Geography and maps at the Library of Congress
Worlds Discovered charts the discovery and detail of Challenger Deep — the lowest known point on Earth.
David Burch Navigation blog
David Burch highlights the painstaking, important work carried out by mariners and American universities as the key sources of climactic data for the tropics in the pre-internet era.
