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10 amazing old maps of southern Africa from the British Library
Last week, the British Library did something pretty unprecedented. It took a massive 1 000 000 images extracted from the last four hundred years of its archives and dumped them onto Flickr. The images...
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Map(s) Monday: The universe squashed and Africa upside down
So many awesome maps out there on the internet, so little time to link to them all. Don’t worry, cartography nerds – we’re doing our best. And to make up for lost time, here’s two awesome maps for this...
View ArticleMap Monday: Westeros arrives on Google Maps (sort of)
A Game of Thrones fan has combined the Google Maps API with the A Song of Fire and Ice map to create the Quarter Master interactive map of Westeros. The map follows the routes that the various...
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Map Friday: African tech hubs mapped
Yeah, we usually do this on Monday, but since we missed this week and all the holidays mean we have no idea what day it actually is any more, here’s something for cartography buffs all the same. This...
View Article[MAP MONDAY] Who’s censoring the internet in Africa?
Most countries at least pay lip service to the principles of free exchange of information and freedom of speech in their constitutions, but who’s actually applying that to the internet in Africa right...
View ArticleWestern Cape plots maps of child road deaths to shock motorists into driving...
The government of the Western Cape has opened up a new front in its campaign to protect children on South Africa’s deadly roads: it’s begun to plot a map of all the places where children under 10 have...
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[MAP MONDAY] 10 000 League of Legends games played out in 30 seconds
With a $1 million prize for the winners of its currently ongoing World tournament and one of the biggest followings in online gaming, League of Legends, like DOTA, belongs to a genre of gaming called...
View Article[MAP MONDAY] 100 more tech hubs in Africa located
A couple of years ago, members of the tech hub Bongohive in Lusaka, Zambia crowdsourced details of the first dozen or so tech hubs in Africa. It was a great example of how mapping resources like this...
View Articlehealthsites.io wants to put every single clinic in the world on one map
You know what would help the next time a global health problem on the scale of ebola happens? Knowing where the doctors are, for a start. It sounds trivial, but the knowledge that there’s a Red Cross...
View Article[MAP MONDAY] Why the “average” South African lives just outside of Bethlehem
According to popular local rumour, the town where I grew up in the UK is at the dead centre of the country. I have no idea how this fact – if such it is – was decided. Britain is not shaped like a...
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[MAP MONDAY] Star Wars, Jaws and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory cartography
For many decades Hollywood has been creating fantasy movie worlds. Using inspiration from the beauty of these sets and CI environments, US artist Anthony Petrie combined his imagination with modern art...
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Google Maps now lets you share directions with friends and search restaurants...
Google Maps has just released its latest update for Android and iOS with a few features that will come in very handy especially if you frequently travel to different cities or countries. Starting...
View ArticleEskom confirms loadshedding today
Bad news for electricity fans – despite earlier statements from Eskom that the energy provider was hoping to avoid loadshedding today, the firm has just announced via Twitter that it rolling power outs...
View ArticleExplore the planet with free Google Earth Pro
Google’s Earth mapping application is a really awesome way to get a bird’s eye view of famous landmarks and celebrity houses, and you’ll now be able to get a better view of your house with a lot more...
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[Map Monday] How did Joburg’s Weltevredenpark become the second most prolific...
Here’s an odd one for you: the world famous crisis mapping web app, Ushahidi, has developed an overview map so that you can see where people are using it to track events. And it turns out that in the...
View ArticleGet out of a jam with updated Google Maps
Anybody who lives in a South African city and needs to commute in peak traffic, will know the frustration of sitting in jam-packed traffic from light to light. Google is at least trying to help you...
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Every South African public school’s 2015 matric passrate, mapped
(Final update – I’ve built a map for the 2016 passrates, which were released earlier today, using the same techniques. You can find it here. I’m leaving this map up for comparison, but for the very...
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Matric map: Every SA public school’s 2016 results in one place
Following on from last week’s exercise in turning the 2015 South African matric results into an interactive map, we’ve had a quick go at this year’s performance report and plotted out the per-school...
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See Cape Town, Joburg and rest of the world in amazing 3D view on new Google...
Google Earth released a huge update today which allows you to see the world in a whole new perspective. The exploration tool now shows all locations featured on it in 3D, giving you a beautiful and...
View ArticleYouTube, Google Maps and Search are being tailored for Nigerians
At a Google for Nigeria event held in Lagos this week Google announced a number of improvements its making to its services so that they are more useful for Nigerians. The first of these improvements is...
View ArticleGoogle Maps is testing the use of landmarks to provide better directions
Google Maps users in the USA are reporting that the navigation app is currently reading out landmark names to them while providing directions. Users are reporting that instead of “In 500 meters, turn...
View ArticleWithout Google, it appears Huawei has turned to TomTom for maps
The future of Huawei is still a question that keeps us up at night but it appears the firm is making moves to deal with life after Google. Part of those moves include dealing with the navigation needs...
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