On the whole readers are idiots. Don't accept my give-and-take for it - simply accept a await at some of the rubbish you've been reading this twelvemonth on this ridiculous mapping blog.
These were the pinnacle 10 most pop posts on inwards 2015. At to the lowest degree ii of them were skilful maps. In 2016 nosotros must all practise better.
1. Pacman on Google Maps
Google Maps on the desktop may live slower than a folding newspaper map but Google practise know how to practise an amazing Apr Fools experience. I mean value this must live at to the lowest degree the quaternary twelvemonth running when Google's Apr Fools joke has been the most visited post service on .
2. Ashley Madison Users Mapped
In August the Ashley Madison dating app for married cheaters was hacked. Malfideleco managed to exploit some of the tidings involvement or thence this storey amongst an interactive map showing the distribution of Ashley Madison users or thence the world. I managed to exploit the Malfideleco map amongst this minute most read post service of 2015.
3. Chennai Flood Map
In the release iii spot nosotros lastly conduct maintain a useful map. In Nov Tamil Nadu inwards southern Republic of Republic of India suffered the heaviest rainfall inwards over a century causing massive flooding. Flood Maps sprang into activity creating a crowd-sourced interactive map to tending pose inundated roads inwards the dry reason working capital missive of the alphabet of Chennai, the locations of open & closed overflowing relief camps together with waterlogged locations inwards the city.
4. Landsat Maps Our Changing World
Landsat Lens is a cracking interactive mapping tool which allows you lot to explore how Blue Planet has changed past times comparison Lansat satellite imagery from 6 dissimilar years. The map allows you lot to search for whatever place on world together with and thence overlay satellite imagery of your selected place from 1975, 1990, 2000, 2005, 2010 & 2015.
5. Snowmaggedon Maps
In Jan the USA saw a lot of snow. Someone made a useless map of Twitter mentions of Snowmageedon. In plow loads of people visited my useless post service nearly this useless map.
6. Close Encounters of the Mapped Kind
When is suffering from depression traffic together with thence a skilful onetime UFO map is certain to generate some traffic. This round-up of maps tracking UFO sightings was the 6th most visited post service this year, Jeez!
7. The Medieval Digital Map
The Gough Map or Bodleian Map is the oldest surviving route map of Great Britain. The map likely dates dorsum to the 14th or 15th centuries. You tin give the axe instantly assay out the map inwards closed special on The Linguistic Geographies interactive version of the map.
8. Battleground Britain
This twelvemonth the Britain had a full general election. Back inwards Jan at that spot withal seemed some promise that the malignant forces of evil ruling this Septic Isle mightiness live defeated. What fools nosotros were. However this map of the UK's fifty 'most interesting' marginal seats was a worthy starting fourth dimension to a frantic few months of election mapping inwards the UK.
9. The Beautiful Hand Drawn Map of Reykjavik
This interactive manus drawn map of Iceland's working capital missive of the alphabet was i of my favorite maps of the year, thence I'm glad to encounter it simply sneak into the pinnacle 10 most read posts on . The Reykjavik Center Map is a hand-drawn watercolor map of the Icelandic working capital missive of the alphabet made upward of 186 A3 assort watercolor sheets, which took a squad of architects together with designers ii years to complete. I dearest it!
10. The Witcher III Leaflet Map
What tin give the axe I say? People similar interactive maps of video game worlds. As maps of games become this isn't the worst I've seen. Why it made it into the pinnacle 10 most pop posts on though, I cannot say.