My favorite map of the yesteryear calendar week was this tool to query OpenStreetMap chemical cistron tags to exhibit province utilization inwards Germany.
Flächennutzungstool (Land Use Tool) shows how province is used based on OpenStreetMap data. The map includes 3 drawing tools (circular, rectangular in addition to polygon) which allows yous to choose an expanse on a map of Deutschland to encounter the proportion of unlike province usage.
After yous choose an expanse on the map, features are automatically colored yesteryear province use. The colors shout out for residential, commercial in addition to greenish infinite province utilization inwards the expanse selected. When yous choose an expanse on the map yous tin forcefulness out also persuasion a graph inwards the map sidebar to exhibit the proportion of province utilization for each classification inwards the selected area.
One of the most shared maps on this calendar week was this map of surveillance cameras around London's congestion accuse border. On Thursday, 30th Oct 2014 James Bridle prepare out to walk the perimeter of the London Congestion Charge Zone.
While on the walk James planned to induce got photos of all the surveillance cameras decorating the route. Unfortunately James was non able to consummate a total circuit of the Congestion Charge Zone. During his walk he was placed nether citizen arrest yesteryear safety guards from the Grosvenor House Hotel in addition to and hence afterwards questioned yesteryear the constabulary for the suspicious lead of carrying a photographic boob tube camera inwards London.
James did grapple to consummate roughly one-half of his planned road in addition to was able to induce got 427 photos of the surveillance cameras. You tin forcefulness out persuasion the location in addition to photos of all the surveillance cameras that James documented on this Paranoid Cartography map. The map includes an animated heat-map layer which is drawn on the map chronologically. While the heat-map layer is beingness drawn a slide-show of all James' photos also plays out on the map.
You tin forcefulness out read to a greater extent than close the walk in addition to the projection on the
Another pop map this calendar week was Google's 36 Hours paid advertising characteristic inwards the The New York Times. The master copy utilization of this advertisement is to back upward the new Signed-in Maps feature inwards the Google Maps API.
36 Hours provides a break of interesting weekend guides to cities around the world. Select a metropolis on the map in addition to 36 Hours volition induce got yous through a planned weekend tour of the city, amongst suggestions for places where yous tin forcefulness out eat, drinkable in addition to visit. Each of the locations featured inwards the metropolis weekend guides include the Signed-in Maps feature. Therefore if yous are signed-in to a Google job concern human relationship spell using 36 Hours yous tin forcefulness out click on the 'Save to Google Maps' pick to add together the location to your starred locations on the novel await Google Maps.
The map introduction includes an impressive WebGL globe (designed to resemble the zoomed out await of Google Maps). When yous click on a mark on the globe video clips render a subtle in addition to clever transition betwixt the WebGL globe in addition to a map created using the Google Maps API.
Buat lebih berguna, kongsi:
