New 'S Superlative Stories Of 2014

This calendar week I've been spending a chip of fourth dimension going through the dorsum catalog of hunting out my Best Maps of 2014. I thought it mightiness survive interesting to besides bring a quick await at the virtually pop stories on inwards 2014.

1. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Game of Thrones Mapped

This twelvemonth alone i discipline could trounce Pokemon together with that was Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Game of Thrones. The huge popularity of George Martin's serial of fantasy novels together with the HBO idiot box serial seems to survive reflected inwards the popularity for Westeros maps. This footling round-up of Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Game of Thrones related maps got the virtually traffic on inwards 2014.

2. The Google Maps Pokemon Challenge

Google Map's annual Apr Fool joke never fails inwards driving huge traffic to . This twelvemonth was no different. The fact that Google this twelvemonth made their Apr Fool's map into a fun challenge likely ensured that this seemed to survive Google's virtually pop Apr Fool's joke yet.

3. Where the World Runs

Strava, Runkeeper together with Nike all created roughly slap-up maps this year. This footling round-up of jogging & cycling heat-maps seemed to testify pop alongside readers. It besides contained roughly slap-up looking maps.

4. The Slow Death of the Google Maps API

Over the in conclusion duet of years I've croak increasingly frustrated past times the real tedious footstep of evolution of the Google Maps API. In Jan I finally vented my spleen. It seems I'm non the alone i getting frustrated at the Google Maps API Development team, at to the lowest degree judging past times the traffic that this post generated.

5. Building the World Cup on Street View

Wow! One of my ain maps made it to the altitude 5. I'm non actually certain why. This post looked at how you lot tin hack Google's historic Street View imagery. I estimate it was the role of the World Cup inwards the championship that generated virtually of the traffic.

Unfortunately it looks similar my hack has meet roughly gremlins together with roughly of the historic Street Views seem to bring gone missing (my hack depends on using the PanoID for each Street View - which is ever unsafe because Google oft modify the ID's).

6. The London Bike Video Map

Cylodeo's thought of providing cycling directions alongside video previews is pretty inspired. The launch of novel coverage inwards London this twelvemonth seemed to attract the attending of readers.

7. The 2014 Tour de French Republic Live Tracking

Real-time maps ever seem to survive pop on . It looks similar pairing a real-time map alongside the World's greatest wheel race is a guaranteed winner.

I'm stopping there! Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 listing of 7 seems a chip arbitrary (a listicle of 10 would likely larn to a greater extent than traffic) withal these 7 posts got far to a greater extent than traffic than whatever other post on this year. The eight, nine together with 10 posts on my traffic listing got less than 50% of The 2014 Tour de French Republic Live Tracking post. So this seems similar the natural cutting-off point.

I'm non certain I tin depict whatever conclusions from the virtually pop stories on . Although it does seem that sports related maps (& cycling inwards particular) create generate a lot of traffic.

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