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Use this virtual slime mold simulator to build a subway map for your city.
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January 24, 2026 at 6:09 PM

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Where is Trump Still Popular?

New polls and maps from The Economist and Strength in Numbers show Trump's falling approval rate across the country.

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Where is Trump Still Popular?

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January 23, 2026 at 5:11 PM

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Hyperion Data Center is huge.
It is nearly five-miles-long and one-mile-wide.
This map lets you overlay the satellite image of the site on top of places you know.
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How Big is Big?

Maps Mania is a blog dedicated to tracking the very best digital interactive maps on the internet and the tools used to create them.

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January 22, 2026 at 4:01 PM

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Inflation made getting buzzed expensive. 🍻

So I built Drunk Map - it gives you the dizzying experience of trying to read a map while inebriated, but for $0.00.

Drunk map reading without the bar tab:
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January 21, 2026 at 5:01 PM

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All U.S. military actions overseas since 1900. Thank heavens America now has a non-interventionist President.
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January 20, 2026 at 7:35 PM

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Make a map poster in a matter of minutes. Use any location and choose your own style.

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January 19, 2026 at 4:52 PM

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🤠Yee-haw - it's the cow brands map!
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The Bovine Brands Browser

Maps Mania is a blog dedicated to tracking the very best digital interactive maps on the internet and the tools used to create them.

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January 17, 2026 at 5:07 PM

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I won the global lottery.
Spin the wheel & see if you have.
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Did You Win the Global Lottery?

Maps Mania is a blog dedicated to tracking the very best digital interactive maps on the internet and the tools used to create them.

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January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM

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♥️ 🚄 I love this beautifully designed Last Train Map - although I'm not sure I'd ever actually use it.
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January 15, 2026 at 5:17 PM

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🔥The World on Fire - The Guardian visualizes the area of global forests lost to wildfires.
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The World on Fire

Maps Mania is a blog dedicated to tracking the very best digital interactive maps on the internet and the tools used to create them.

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January 14, 2026 at 5:14 PM

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From the chariots of 1500 BC to the drones of the modern age - watch the history of warfare unfold. ⚔️ 🌍

War Atlas is an interactive map visualizing 8,500+ battles across 3,500 years.
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War Atlas: Mapping 3,500 Years of Conflict

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January 13, 2026 at 5:13 PM

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Concerned citizens across the USA are helping to track Trump's murder squads.
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Mapping ICE Activity

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January 12, 2026 at 5:11 PM

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1.85 million property listings mapped - revealing the cheapest & most expensive places to buy a home in America.
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Where are the Most Expensive Houses?

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January 10, 2026 at 4:26 PM

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12 million New York bike rides on one map.
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January 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM

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📍A Map of Personal Memories

AMOU (A Map of Us) allows people to pin personal stories, memories, and emotional milestones to locations around the world.

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A Map of Personal Memories

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January 8, 2026 at 4:55 PM

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This is an impressive New Years Day flight around the world as seen by the ISS - put together by NZZ.
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January 7, 2026 at 5:17 PM

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I think right now we would all like to banish the United States to Mars.

Now you can thanks to this new size comparison map that lets you overlay country outlines on top of any of the planets in our solar system.
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The United States on Mars

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January 6, 2026 at 5:18 PM

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Draw a shape.
Get a population estimate.

These maps use #OpenStreetMap building data to estimate the population of a drawn area.

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Estimating Population with OpenStreetMap

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January 5, 2026 at 5:23 PM

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The UN's International Migration Data

Where each country's immigrants and emigrants come from and move to.
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Mapping Global Migration Patterns

Maps Mania is a blog dedicated to tracking the very best digital interactive maps on the internet and the tools used to create them.

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January 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM

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Imagine the Earth could write to you. What would it say?

Letters from The Earth explores climate data not as charts & tables, but as daily letters written by the Earth itself.
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When Climate Data Speaks: Letters From The Earth

Maps Mania is a blog dedicated to tracking the very best digital interactive maps on the internet and the tools used to create them.

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January 2, 2026 at 5:11 PM

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Mappy New Year fireworks - googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

January 1, 2026 at 5:10 PM

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Every home has its own unique song. Discover yours with Earthsounds.
#what3songlines
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December 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM

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How Clean is Your Restaurant?

The awfully named Shittr assigns restaurants a “Shit Score” - a 1 to 5 🚽 risk rating - based on their health inspection reports.
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