Twitter has used CartoDB to practise a cool heatmap that shows every geotagged tweet that mentioned 'Wimbledon' during the 2 weeks of the tournament. The Wimbledon Heatmap uses Google Maps and, dissimilar many other Twitter heatmaps, genuinely allows y'all to read the tweets themselves (it fifty-fifty includes tweeted photographs).
If y'all are interested inwards the information behind the map, Twitter has equally good published an interesting blog post looking at which countries tweeted the most messages almost Wimbledon together with fifty-fifty explores which players tweeted the most during the tournament (Andy Murray wins again).
Google has released a novel interactive site that allows y'all to sense the Tour de French Republic using Google Maps together with Street View.
Your Tour allows y'all to switch betwixt a map of the electrical current phase road together with an interactive Street View tour of the route. The Street View selection requires y'all to scroll downwardly on the page to progress through the stage. The endeavor is worth it though equally y'all larn your ain offset soul persuasion of the phase road equally y'all furiously scroll.
Each of the stages is locked until the actual appointment that the phase is scheduled to hold upwards raced. Today y'all larn the lead chances to persuasion the road from Givors to Mont Ventoux.
PeakAnalytics has created a map looking at the issue of times the elevation twenty burger chains are mentioned inwards Twitter inwards over 1,000 cities. It is non the most beautiful looking map precisely it did generate a lot of involvement this week.
The Burger Joints Google Map shows the most tweeted burger chain inwards towns across the United States. The logo of the most pop chain inwards each town is used for the mark (resulting inwards the cluttered await of the map). The map hence provides a quick guide to the most tweeted almost burger chains across the USA.
You tin role the search box or pan together with zoom the map to abide by which was the most pop burger chain inwards your town. You tin equally good individually choose the different burger chains from the map sidebar to abide by out where inwards the US each chain is most popular.
