Indubitably the mapping lawsuit of the calendar week was Google Maps' annual Apr Fools prank. This yr Google Maps transmogrified into a global PacMan game - in addition to non merely for Apr 1st.
Apr Fools Day may travel over but if y'all larn to Google Maps y'all tin plow over notice nevertheless play the game. Click the PacMan push that appears at the bottom of the map in addition to Google Maps turns into a fully surgical operation PacMan game. If y'all don't run across the push thus zoom inwards on an expanse alongside lots of roads.
Make certain to plow on audio if y'all desire to wacca, wacca, wacca across the map inwards style.
As fun every bit Google Maps PacMan may travel my favorite map was this clever 'about' page from Japan Registry Services.
When the map get-go loads y'all are presented alongside an interactive photograph which I presume was created alongside the Image Map Types share inside the Google Maps API. You tin plow over notice explore the ikon overlay using the Google Maps usual panning in addition to zooming controls. You tin plow over notice besides utilisation the numbered card to speedily navigate to unlike sections of the ikon map.
More surprises hold off y'all when y'all zoom out on the map. One zoom marker fifty-fifty appears to convey a video embedded inside the map tile layers (I convey no thought how this lawsuit was achieved). After the video finishes playing y'all tin plow over notice mouse-over the numbers on the map in addition to the people inwards the map magically motility in addition to interact alongside the numbers.
When y'all zoom correct out the map changes to Google Maps satellite stance in addition to shows y'all the offices of Nihon Registry Services inwards Tokyo.
PacMan wasn't the solely map game this week. We were besides blessed alongside this hard transit map quiz.
Can y'all recognize a urban meat purely from its transit network? Well y'all tin plow over notice straight off detect out on this fun Google Maps based quiz, Guess the City yesteryear Transit Stops.
The game is really simple. You are shown a serial of maps which solely incorporate a city's transit stops. You are thus given a selection of 4 cities to pick from. Guess the correct urban meat in addition to y'all larn a point. There are 5 cities inwards each marker in addition to 4 levels inwards all. However travel warned the quiz gets to a greater extent than hard every bit y'all level-up.
I was besides impressed this calendar week alongside some other attractive map agency created using Mapbox Studio. Blueprinted is a map agency designed to resemble cyanotype reproductions of technical drawings. Cyanotype is a photographic printing process, which was at 1 fourth dimension detail pop alongside engineers, that produces a cyan-blue impress - ordinarily known every bit blueprints.
This attractive Blueprinted map agency was created yesteryear Lauren Ancona using Mapbox Studio. If y'all similar the agency y'all tin plow over notice fork the repository for the Mapbox Studio files on Github.
