An Interactive Atlas of the Valley of the Kings

Atlas of the Valley of the Kings is an interactive atlas developed through the Theban Mapping Project . The atlas contains more than 2000 i...

The European Word Translator Puts Language Into Geographic Context

The European Word Translator is a map and translation tool created by UK Data Explorer. Type a word or phrase into the map's search too...

An Excellent Model of Using ArcGIS in Education

Last month I shared a review of an excellent mapping tool called ArcGIS Online . This morning I found a fantastic example of using ArcGIS in...

WWF Wildfinder - See the Ranges of 26,000+ Animals

One of my favorite free iPad apps of 2013 is the World Wildlife Fund's Together app . That app features interactive stories about endang...

Try ArcGIS Explorer Online for Mapping Data and More

In my previous post I mentioned ArcGIS Explorer along with Google Earth. While I've written about Google Earth many times I've only...

An Interactive Map of Rising Sea Levels

The October issue of National Geographic includes a feature about glacial meltdown. An interactive map of rising sea levels complements the...

Climate Commons - An Interactive Map of Climate Change Stories

Climate Commons is an interactive map developed by the Earth Journalism Network. The map features weather data and emissions data related t...

Manifest Destiny in 141 Interactive Maps

Manifest Destiny - The Story of The U.S. Told in 141 Maps is a fantastic website developed by Michael Porath . As the title implies the sit...

An Interactive Map and Timeline of Middle Earth

Earlier today I shared some maps of Middle Earth that are built on the Google Maps API. After I published that post Keir Clarke of Google Ma...

Interactive Map - Who Is Protesting Where

The Daily Beast has published an interactive map of protests in North Africa and the Middle East . Hovering over a country on the map reveal...

Maps of Vanishing & Endangered Languages

In the July issue of National Geographic Magazine there is a feature titled Vanishing Voices . The feature is abut languages that are in dan...

Visualizing the World's 50 Most Prominent Peaks

The Guardian recently published an excellent interactive data visualization of the world's 50 most prominent peaks . The visualization o...

UNDP Development Data Interactive Map

Over the weekend through Noel Jenkins I learned about a neat interactive map from the UNDP. The UN Stat Planet Map allows you to create us...

Interactive Map of Sea Level Rise Estimates

Surging Seas , produced by ClimateCentral.org , is an interactive map of the potential impact on the United States of rising sea levels. The...

A History of Timelines & 5 Tools to Make Your Own

Through Brain Pickings I discovered a neat set of timelines called the Cartographies of Time . The Cartographies of Time are historical map...

Remember 2011 - A Map of 2011's Biggest Stories

Maps of World has produced a neat interactive map of the world's most important news stories in 2011. The map is titled Remember 2011....

Interactive Shaded Relief Map of the World

Google is continuously working to improve Google Maps, but there are still some things that it lacks. For those times when I want more detai...

Visualizing Unemployment v. Recovery Spending

Image credit Last week President Obama's speech and proposals for job creation provided plenty of fodder for political talking heads. De...

Seven Ways to Build Custom Maps Without a Google Account

This morning on Twitter someone asked if there is a way for students to create online maps without a Google Account. The answer is yes and h...

Atlas of Our Changing Environment

The United Nations Environment Program  hosts a helpful interactive map displaying more than one hundred examples of environmental change ...