The 2014 World Cup looks educate to larn the close mapped football game tournament inwards history. The tournament itself volition start out on Th inwards Brasil only we're having an early on kick-off hither at Google alongside a solar daytime dedicated to World Cup maps.
Esri convey got the ball rolling yesteryear releasing no less than vi World Cup related Story Maps, exploring World Cup history, the 2014 teams together with players together with the 2014 World Cup stadiums inwards Brasil. Esri's 2014 World Cup Maps includes World Cup Venues, World Cup Dashboard, World Cup History, Belo Horizonte Restaurants, Golden Greats together with Team USA Roster.
The Golden Greats map is i of the to a greater extent than interesting maps inwards this piddling collection of Story Maps. The map shows the best players inwards previous World Cups. You tin pick out to persuasion the Golden Ball (the thespian voted the best thespian inwards the tournament), the Golden Boot (the highest scorer) together with the Golden Glove (the thespian voted the best goalkeeper) inwards all the previous World Cups.
The map suggests that if you lot desire to win a thespian abide by at the World Cup hence you lot need to play for a South American or European team.
The World Cup History map lets you lot browse through the results of every World Cup since 1930. Select a tournament from the map sidebar together with you lot tin hence click on a participating province on the map to persuasion all the results for that province inwards the selected tournament.
The World Cup Venues map is an interesting tour of the Brazilian stadiums hosting the 2014 World Cup matches. Unfortunately this map is permit downward a flake yesteryear Esri's satellite persuasion imagery which hasn't quite kept upwards alongside the measurement of evolution for the World Cup. Most of the satellite views used hither exclusively present the stadiums at diverse stages during their construction.
