Winter on Mars Today's #30DayMapChallenge is to map "something non-Earth". As the holiday season is fast approaching, I therefore decided to create a little Christmas message from Mars? This latest interactive map lets you explore the Martian surface while enjoying a snowfall animation - all from the comfort of your browser. Exploring Mars in Leaflet The map is built using Leaflet,

You can now explore the heart of the Aztec world on a huge 3D map. Technical artist Thomas Kole, has released an impressive, immersive 3D Tenochtitlan Viewer that allows anyone to navigate the city as it looked on the eve of Spanish contact. Published to coincide with the 700th anniversary of Tenochtitlan’s founding, the interactive model goes far beyond a typical historical map. Instead of

Joyplot Map Today's #30DayMapChallenge is to use a New Tool (create your map using a software, language, library, or technique you have never used before). For this challenge I decided to build something using Terrain RGB.My Joyplot Map is an interactive map that turns elevation data into ridgeline plots - right in your browser.This map lets you draw a rectangle anywhere on the globe and view

Memorial Markers is an interactive map showing the locations of memorials to those persecuted or murdered by the Nazi regime in Germany. Originally a Munich-based initiative, the Memorial Markers project is now steadily expanding beyond the Bavarian capital. Munich has installed 317 plaques since 2018, each placed at the last known residence of someone persecuted or murdered by the Nazi

Conway's Game of Life Today's #30DayMapChallenge is Cell. For this challenge I've created an interactive version of Conway's Game of Life that turns the entire globe into a dynamic cellular automaton.Conway’s Game of Life is a mathematical simulation created by British mathematician John Conway in 1970. It’s not a game in the traditional sense - there’s no winning or losing - but a set of

Ring of Fire Today's #30DayMapChallenge is Fire. For this challenge I have created an interactive map with an animated ring of fire.The map itself is just a basic MapLibre GL instance centered on Washington DC. The fire itself is a Canvas element overlaid on top of the map.In this fire animation hundreds of small particles orbit a central point representing the map center. Each particle has

When the Luftwaffe comes for Britain, will you be ready? Battle of Britain is a new map-based game that puts you in charge of RAF Fighter Command during one of the most pivotal moments of World War II—inviting you to relive the tension, urgency, and strategic decision-making that defined the summer of 1940.Inspired by classic board and computer games of the 1980s, Battle of Britain challenges

Streets of London Today's #30DayMapChallenge is to use OpenStreetMap (OSM) data as your primary source.To meet this challenge I decided to use OpenStreetMap data to explore the toponyms of London's streets, visualizing how different road types - Streets, Lanes, Alleys, Courts, Yards, and Avenues - are named and distributed across the City of London.One of my favourite quiz questions is - 'How