Maps

alan,
@alan@subdued.social avatar

I'm greatly enjoying the latest version of the Old Maps Online website. It has a very smooth time scrubber where you can see political borders change through time, and then browse georeferenced historical maps from map libraries like the David Rumsey collection.

https://www.oldmapsonline.org/

And just the interactive map without the historical scans is available at TimeMap.org

h/t @friedrich

#OldMapsOnline #DavidRumsey #TimeMap #maps #cartography #history

jhilden,
@jhilden@vis.social avatar

@alan @friedrich Very cool! Had not seen this before.
However, good to notice that detailed border changes may not be represented, e.g. see the complicated border changes of Finland in the 1940s https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finlands_gr%C3%A4nsf%C3%B6r%C3%A4ndringar

bil,
@bil@mastodon.social avatar

A sunny morning at the Adam Mickiewicz Monument in Kraków.

Really exceptional orthophotography from Poland's Biuro Geodezji i Katastru

sesivany,
@sesivany@floss.social avatar

Contributing to is really rewarding. With and its live updates you can see your changes on the map about 10-15 minutes after you submit them. A big difference from where you wait days for a review and even longer for the change to show up on the map.

okias,
@okias@floss.social avatar

@sesivany I see you fell in love with The live updates are amazing and it got me motivated to contribute to more OSM too. I'm really happy that Seznam cutting off their users will help OpenStreetMaps that much!

sesivany,
@sesivany@floss.social avatar

@okias Not that I would make a big difference and Seznam should feel sorry for losing me, but every bit of contribution counts. 💪

sesivany,
@sesivany@floss.social avatar

If you're exploring #OpenStreetMap like me and openstreetmap.org is too heavy for you, try #OSMapp (https://osmapp.org/). It uses #MapTiler. It's fast, looks nice and works great on the phone, too. 👌

#OSM #maps

sesivany,
@sesivany@floss.social avatar

@marcfp No idea, it speaks Czech for me. 🤷 Just open the link and see for yourself.

maeool,
@maeool@boitam.eu avatar

@sesivany if you're in France, checkout https://cartes.app, an alternative to Google Maps that I'm actively developping :)

PatrickStotz,
@PatrickStotz@vis.social avatar

I've got a new website: letsmakeamap.com.
It's about beautiful maps and how to make them. Read more about it here in my first blog post:
https://www.letsmakeamap.com/blog/Blog%20Post%20Title%20One-emk8a

snorpey,
@snorpey@mastodon.social avatar

I just published a new blog post:

how to create interactive, self-hosted widgets using @protomaps and @maplibre

https://snorpey.codes/en/articles/selfhosted-openstreetmaps-widgets-with-protomaps

austinkocher,
@austinkocher@mastodon.social avatar

Amazing orthographic map project of New York City by John Bachmann on display at the New York Public Library. @mapsmania

Mrfunkedude,
@Mrfunkedude@mastodon.social avatar

@austinkocher @mapsmania When I first read your post I couldn't figure out what an "Orthopedic map project of New York City" was???

Then I realized I read it wrong.

And now I want to invent an Orthopedic Map.

jejord,
@jejord@flipboard.social avatar

If you're into map making geekery, this is a great Ted Talk about the biggest mistakes cartographers have made about the Earth's geography.

https://www.ted.com/talks/kayla_wolf_the_biggest_mistakes_in_mapmaking_history?language=en

alan, (edited )
@alan@subdued.social avatar

I was interviewed in @WillametteWeek about the @pop_vs_soda map I made a million years ago: https://www.wweek.com/drink/2024/04/18/do-you-say-pop-or-soda/

I guess it's about time to create a Mastodon account for that project...

alan,
@alan@subdued.social avatar

@xangregg @kristinHenry yes, great maps! I remember seeing those over on The Other Site. That scatterplot in the triangle legend is really a nice addition too.

alan,
@alan@subdued.social avatar

@xangregg @kristinHenry I was just starting a Pinterest board collecting all the various maps people have made, and I already had both of your maps on there (both color schemes) https://www.pinterest.com/mappingmashups/pop-vs-soda/

emarktaylor,
@emarktaylor@thecanadian.social avatar

Via Massimo @Rainmaker1973
·
17h
Passenger train lines in the USA vs Europe

stefan,
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online avatar

Fun idea!

A map-based game where you have to identify locations depicted in famous paintings.

https://back-drop.glitch.me

More about the game: https://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2024/04/backdrop-ultimate-challenge.html

Via @mapsmania

stefan,
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online avatar

And it was , too!

https://glitch.com/edit/#!/back-drop

oa, German
@oa@swiss.social avatar

Auf der Plattform Georeferencer stehen 1479 digitalisierte Kartenblätter aus dem historischen Bestand der bereit zur :

https://library.ethz.ch/standorte-und-medien/medientypen/geodaten-karten-luftbilder/crowdsourcing-projekt.html

oldmapgallery,
@oldmapgallery@sciencemastodon.com avatar

There is a wonderful period in the late 1950's and 60's where science fact and science fiction intermingle as enthusiasm for the space age was gaining momentum.
In this Solar System map (c. 1966) the latest views from the Mariner IV are mixed with a manned vehicle to Mars and views from the surfaces of numerous planets. There's and optimism that made things feel attainable.

oa, German
@oa@swiss.social avatar

Aus Anlass seines 175. Geburtstags ist seit heute auf die Privatbibliothek von Albert Heim (1849-1937, Professor für ) mit über 100 Drucken und aus seinem Nachlass publiziert: https://www.e-rara.ch/nav/classification/30046365

alan,
@alan@subdued.social avatar

Cool map showing the date of the most recent total eclipse for every point in Indiana. Made by the Holcomb Observatory & Planetarium at Butler University.

Great concept, and I'm wondering if anyone has seen a similar map for a larger area, ideally an interactive map for the entire world where you can see the year of the last eclipse wherever you are. The data is available, so surely someone has made such a map?

milvus,
@milvus@mastodon.cloud avatar

@akkana @kgjenkins @alan

I'll post some code to get the full data later...

milvus,
@milvus@mastodon.cloud avatar

@sara @akkana @alan

Make a map showing the date of the most recent total for every point in a country with

https://r.iresmi.net/posts/2024/eclipse/

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