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Ground Zero: Google Maps and Nuclear Weapons
"This mapplet shows the thermal damage caused by a nuclear explosion.
Search for a place, pick a suitable weapon and press "Nuke It!""
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http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/map/atlas
How To Play with Google Maps and Twitter API – woorkup.com
The basic one is to show where tweets are coming from. Our today’s pet project is exactly showing tweets on a Google map (almost) continuously. Test it here.
Scribble Maps - Create custom google maps with scribblings and more!
Create your own custom maps just by doodling
Welcome to Cartography 2.0
"Cartography 2.0 is a free online knowledge base and e-textbook for students and professionals interested in interactive and animated maps"
Natural Earth
"Natural Earth is a public domain map dataset available at 1:10m, 1:50m, and 1:110m scales. Featuring tightly integrated vector and raster data, with Natural Earth you can make a variety of visually pleasing, well-crafted maps with cartography or GIS software."
Microsoft giving Bing Maps a 3D overhaul, tacking on apps for good measure -- Engadget
"Google's not the only one in the game when it comes to wild mapping tech, and while Microsoft's excellent collection of bird's eye photos has never gotten it quite the attention of Google's Street View, the hope is that lasers and its much-lauded Photosynth tool can do the trick."
Maths Maps – A New Collaborative Project | edte.ch
"I am excited to introduce you to my new project idea that I hope will result in some engaging content for our classes. It is collaborative in the same way the Interesting Ways resources are and I will need your help to make it a success."
38 Shape Activities in Paris - Google Maps
"38 Shape Activities in Paris
Part of the MATHS MAPS series. "
pachube :: connecting environments, patching the planet
"Store, share & discover realtime sensor, energy and environment data from objects, devices & buildings around the world. Pachube is a convenient, secure & scalable platform that helps you connect to & build the 'internet of things'"
Gapminder - Home
This website, powered by Trendalyzer, enables you to explore the changing world from your own computer.
Zoom Into Maps - For Teachers (Library of Congress)
Help understand Maps by zooming in to them.
Trendsmap - Real-time local Twitter trends
"Trendsmap.com is a real-time mapping of Twitter trends across the world. See what the global, collective mass of humanity are discussing right now."
Conflict History | 1939-1946
Browse the timeline of war and conflict across the globe. Mashup on Google Maps.
Learning about the world through photography | TrekEarth
"TrekEarth is dedicated to fostering a global community interested in photography from around the world.
TrekEarth members strive to provide engaging photographs and useful critiques for each other and the entire internet community."
UMapper » Blog Archive » New Release! Convert Any Image Into an Interactive Map
"Today we are excited to announce possibly the most important functionality release to date - UMapper now supports Custom Maps! That means that you can upload any image file to UMapper and convert it into an interactive map (examples below) within minutes. "
Worldmapper: The world as you've never seen it before
Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest.
How To Create Shared Collaborative Google Maps
"Shared, collaborative Google Maps can help solve that issue and improve the perception of proximity by creating a visualization of all the team members’ location."
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