California Wildfires Map Reveals Ten Most Destructive Wildfires
New research suggests the fire season in the Golden State is lengthening, with wildfires starting earlier each year. Unfortunately, they’re also becoming more disastrous.| Maps.com
New research suggests the fire season in the Golden State is lengthening, with wildfires starting earlier each year. Unfortunately, they’re also becoming more disastrous.| Maps.com
The Pacific Northwest is known for its cool, wet climate. But this is no drab and dreary landscape.| Maps.com
While modern technology has made them mostly obsolete, thousands of lighthouses still exist today.| Maps.com
Explore the fragile and mostly unseen infrastructure that carries 99% of international data traffic and provides internet access around the world.| Maps.com
For centuries, astronomers used the stars to tell stories, make predictions, and even find their way. All of which depended on having an accurate map, mental or otherwise, of the heavens above.| Maps.com
Atlas Guo is a cartographer and Ph.D. student. We met with him to learn more about mapping natural disasters and what goes into making a well-designed map.| Maps.com
Old is new again: this command line application retrieves data from Open Street Map and renders an interactive map using only text. The post Cartography in Your Command Line appeared first on Maps.com.| Maps.com
Watch as measurements from space reveal a palette of pigments in plant life changing throughout the course of a year. The post See a Palette of Pigments from Space appeared first on Maps.com.| Maps.com
This animated map from cartographer Jack Scrivani tracks monthly radiation exposure throughout Japan. The post Which Parts of Japan Were Affected by the Fukushima Disaster? appeared first on Maps.com.| Maps.com
While conventional and commonplace today, maps have not always had north at the top. And they don't need to.| Maps.com
