This project, based on OpenStreetMap, looks great:
OpenFreeMap lets you display custom maps on your website and apps for free.
You can either self-host or use our public instance.
I’m going to try it out on The Session once there’s documentation for using this with Leaflet.
I wish more publishers and services took this approach to evaluating technology:
We scrutinize third-party services before including them in our articles or elsewhere on our site. Many include trackers or analytics that would collect data on our readers. These may be standard across much of the web, but we don’t use them.
There are some beautiful illustrations in this online exhibition of data visualisation in the past few hundred years.
Robin Hawkes has made a lovely website to go with his newsletter all about maps and spatial goodies.
A look at all the factors that went into choosing the Apollo landing sites, including this gem:
Famous amateur astronomer, Sir Patrick Moore, also produced a hand drawn map of the moon from his own observations using his homemade telescope at his home in Selsey, Sussex. These detailed pen and ink maps of the Moon’s surface were used by NASA as part of their preparations for the moon landing.
A did a little experiment to find the right API provider for thesession.org
How I switched to high-resolution maps on The Session without degrading performance.
It’s not the years, honey. It’s the mileage.
Maps—they don’t love you like I love you.
A grab-bag of stories, illustrated with maps.