If you’ve been reading for a while it should come as no surprise that I have a bit of a penchant for maps (see: here _here _here here _here, , , , __…etc.) I have a _ few in my backlog of igotw ideas that I’d like to share today.
First off, we’ve got Watercolor Maptiles - an open-source mapping tool that displays map data in the style of a watercolor painting. The online version has all the features you’d expect - zoomable, pannable, etc. - just with a watercolor aesthetic:
Och, it’s lovely.
Next up: this interactive music map that shows local #1 hit songs based on region. It’s admittedly a bit dated at this point - it only has data from 2018-2021 - but I still think it’s pretty rad.
Also in the space of culture: this map of every restaurant Anthony Bourdain visited. (Hint: Duder went to a lot of restaurants…)
Continuing with “food”-related maps (at least nominally), we’ve got McCheapest - a map that tracks the price of a Big Mac across the US:
…and lastly: this one is a week late (Environment inDay was last Friday), but here’s the One Earth Navigator - an interactive globe that enables exploration of the world’s bioregions:
Nifty!