This calendar week I've been spending a fleck of fourth dimension going through the dorsum catalog of hunting out my Best Maps of 2014. I thought it mightiness hold upward interesting to too accept a quick await at the almost pop stories on inwards 2014.
1. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Game of Thrones Mapped
This twelvemonth exclusively i dependent champaign could musical rhythm out Pokemon in addition to that was Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Game of Thrones. The huge popularity of George Martin's serial of fantasy novels in addition to the HBO television receiver serial seems to hold upward reflected inwards the popularity for Westeros maps. This trivial round-up of Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Game of Thrones related maps got the almost traffic on inwards 2014.
2. The Google Maps Pokemon Challenge
Google Map's annual Apr Fool joke never fails inwards driving huge traffic to . This twelvemonth was no different. The fact that Google this twelvemonth made their Apr Fool's map into a fun challenge in all likelihood ensured that this seemed to hold upward Google's almost pop Apr Fool's joke yet.
3. Where the World Runs
Strava, Runkeeper in addition to Nike all created approximately dandy maps this year. This trivial round-up of jogging & cycling heat-maps seemed to bear witness pop amongst readers. It too contained approximately dandy looking maps.
4. The Slow Death of the Google Maps API
Over the in conclusion pair of years I've kicking the bucket increasingly frustrated yesteryear the real tedious mensuration of evolution of the Google Maps API. In Jan I finally vented my spleen. It seems I'm non the exclusively i getting frustrated at the Google Maps API Development team, at to the lowest degree judging yesteryear the traffic that this postal service generated.
5. Building the World Cup on Street View
Wow! One of my ain maps made it to the meridian 5. I'm non actually certain why. This postal service looked at how you lot tin hack Google's historic Street View imagery. I guess it was the purpose of the World Cup inwards the championship that generated almost of the traffic.
Unfortunately it looks similar my hack has encounter approximately gremlins in addition to approximately of the historic Street Views seem to accept gone missing (my hack depends on using the PanoID for each Street View - which is ever unsafe because Google oft modify the ID's).
6. The London Bike Video Map
Cylodeo's thought of providing cycling directions amongst video previews is pretty inspired. The launch of novel coverage inwards London this twelvemonth seemed to attract the attending of readers.
7. The 2014 Tour de French Republic Live Tracking
Real-time maps ever seem to hold upward pop on . It looks similar pairing a real-time map amongst the World's greatest cycle race is a guaranteed winner.
I'm stopping there! Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 listing of 7 seems a fleck arbitrary (a listicle of 10 would in all likelihood larn to a greater extent than traffic) withal these 7 posts got far to a greater extent than traffic than whatsoever other postal service on this year. The eight, nine in addition to 10 posts on my traffic listing got less than 50% of The 2014 Tour de French Republic Live Tracking post. So this seems similar the natural cutting-off point.
I'm non certain I tin depict whatsoever conclusions from the almost pop stories on . Although it does seem that sports related maps (& cycling inwards particular) create generate a lot of traffic.
