Why the Unnamed Streets of Mannheim, Germany’s Town Square Really Confuses Map Apps
In a puzzling episode of Amazing Places, host Tom Scott explains the system of identification for the blocks within the Quadratestadt (Town Square) of Mannheim,…
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An Interactive Timeline Highlighting the Use of OpenStreetMap Across the World Over the Past 10 Years
Mapping platform Mapbox is celebrating the 10th anniversary open-source collaborative map project OpenStreetMap (previously) with the creation of an interactive timeline that highlights the inputting…
Monochome, Apparel Custom Printed With the Map of Your Choice
Monochome is a new clothing line that lets you order apparel that has been custom printed with a map of the location of your choice.…
Beautiful City Maps That Use Color to Visualize the Orientation of Street Grids
San Francisco To visualize the various street grid systems of cities around the world, artist and scientist Stephen Von Worley has created Crayon the Grids,…
A Custom Map Project That Pinpoints Every Geographical Reference of Common Names
Artist and scientist Stephen Von Worley has created a project that uses the geographic database from OpenStreetMap and Google Maps to create an interactive database…
Map Stack, Custom Map Generator by Stamen Design
Map Stack is a web app that lets anyone create and customize maps based on data from OpenStreetMap. The app lets users change backgrounds, labels,…
Gorgeous Interactive Watercolor Map by Stamen Design
San Francisco-based design and technology studio Stamen Design created this beautiful interactive watercolor map. It is based on data from OpenStreetMap.
Personalized Blankets & Mapkins Created From Open Source Map Data
San Francisco-based Nikki Gunn Rodenbeck of Soft Cities creates personalized fleece blankets and cotton “mapkins” napkins from customized OpenStreetMap.org data. …In collaboration with Stamen Design,…
8-Bit Map of New York City
Brett Camper created an interactive 8-Bit Map of NYC using data from OpenStreetMap and now has a Kickstarter project to expand it to 15 other…
How To Experience Burning Man 2008 Remotely
Can’t make it to Burning Man 2008 this year? Here are a few ways you can experience the event remotely through the wonders of the…