Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Iraqi Civilian Deaths on Google Maps

Map of Iraqi Civilian Deaths on Familiar Locations

Mike Brennan has used the WikiLeaks Iraq War Logs to create a Google Map of civilian deaths in Iraq over a five year period.

The map uses the WikiLeaks data and Fusion Tables to show you the location of all the civilian deaths in Iraq. To help users get a little more perspective of what 65,649 deaths looks like you can overlay the data on maps of cities that you are familiar with.

For example, if you click on the New York City link you can view the same data transposed to the Big Apple:



The full list of cities that you can overlay the data on is: New York City, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago.

Also See

Weather Forecasts with Google Maps

The Weather Land - Global Forecast System

The Weather Land uses Google Maps to show the current weather at your location or for any chosen location around the world.

When you first visit Weather Land the application automatically detects your location and displays a custom precipitation map for your country. You can then click on the map to load cities in the map sidebar.

If you click on any of the cities in the sidebar the local weather forecast for your chosen location is displayed. The weather for the next three days is loaded showing the forecast temperature, wind and precipitation.

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Evolution: European OpenStreetMap


Evolution of European OpenStreetMap coverage from skobblertutorialson Vimeo.

Hence why Mapquest(Open) and Bing Maps (OSM App) are becoming more mainstream

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