20 Centuries of World Maps

Though technology has changed the tools of navigation available to us, maps are still the irreplaceable foundation of place and orientation. In this updated edition of Image of the World, map expert Peter Whitfield guides readers through a collection of so… more »

Maps: Finding Our Place in the World

Maps are universal forms of communication, easily understood and appreciated regardless of culture or language. This truly magisterial book introduces readers to the widest range of maps ever considered in one volume maps from different time periods and a… more »

National Geographic Our World: A Child's First Picture Atlas

The National Geographic Society's world-renowned cartographers are proud to present a state-of-the-art world atlas for children ages 3 to 6. This updated edition of the award-winning National Geographic Our World A Child's First Picture Atlas uses a puzzle… more »

National Geographic Atlas of the World

Combining state-of-the-art cartographic technology with dynamic and diverse cultural content, our award-winning atlas was more than a year in the making. It was developed using advanced Geographic Information Systems (GIS), satellite imagery, and shuttle r… more »

Another Amazing HTML5 Music Video

Soul Mirror

This HTML5 video from Japanese band Soul River integrates with your Twitter and Facebook accounts and with your webcam to create a truly wild and amazing web musical video.

The video was obviously inspired by The Wilderness Downtown's experimental HTML5 video. Like the Wilderness Downtown video Soul River makes use of numerous browser windows and your geographical location.

Using your browser's geolocation detection capabilities the video displays a Google Map of your location. The Soul River singer is then shown walking across the map. There is a lot more amazing stuff in the full video but really you have to watch it yourself.

To watch the video you will need a browser that supports HTML5. Use Chrome if you have it.

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View the 2010 Hurricane Season in Google Earth

Greg at Geodesic contacted us to let us know about a very cool animation that his company has built which provides a great visualization of the 2010 Hurricane Season. Based on theNOAA tropical cyclone track data, this file does a great job of showing all of the hurricanes in 2010.

The file is rather large (9.35MB), but includes fantastic imagery of the various stages of each storm. For example, here is a great image of Hurricane Danielle as it was heading toward Bermuda:

You can read more about this project on their site. To see it for yourself, you can use this KMZ file or watch the video below:

Google Map of Road Fatalities

British Road Casualties 2008 & 2009

Google Maps built with Fusion Tables can support huge amounts of data and can also now support spatial queries. This Google Map of British Road Casualties is an excellent example of a map using Fusion Tables to great effect.

The map shows the location of over 4,500 fatal and serious injuries on British roads for 2008 & 2009. The map also makes great use of queries. It will load the nearest 100 results for any searched location and the map also reloads the nearest markers on the fly as you pan the map around.

As well as these spatial queries it is possible to query the results shown by year of serious injury or fatality.

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