New The Google Maps Of The Week

This calendar week the most shared map on social media has to bring been the Racial Dot Map. The map is a fascinating visualisation of the geographic distribution, population density, too racial multifariousness of the USA. The map uses information from the 2010 USA census, amongst each of the 308,745,538 dots representing the place of ane American.

There has been a proliferation of dot maps recently, from Brandon Martin-Anderson's Census Dotmap, visualising the populations of the US, Canada too Mexico, to the Guardian Census Dot Map, showing the habitation place of every someone inwards England too Wales.

The University of Virginia's dot map yet goes beyond existence only a visualisation of geographic distribution equally it likewise visualises the distribution of race too ethnicity inwards the US.


Illustrator too graphic designer Abby Putinski has created a beautiful Google Map documenting her experiences too adventures inwards San Francisco.

You tin thought Abby's animated illustrations conduct on the map. The scenes include a set out of landmarks or too thus the city, including the Golden Gate & Bay Bridges, the Ferry Building, mainland People's Republic of China Town too the Palace of Fine Arts. 

This beautiful map is enhanced yesteryear using the Styled Maps characteristic of the Maps API too yesteryear the improver of a set out of Abby's ain drawings of good known sights inwards the urban essence dotted or too thus the map. 


Real-estate website Trulia continues to add together incredibly useful local information to guide household hunters inwards finding the perfect neighborhood to motion to.

The Trulia Local Google Map includes information most commuting times, local schools, nearby points of involvement too local criminal offence levels. Trulia Local straightaway likewise includes 3 novel options inwards their Natural Hazards heatmaps. The 3 novel natural opportunity zones relate to the natural hazards of hurricanes, wildfires, too tornadoes.

Using the rut map layers habitation buyers tin come across where their time to come habitation is located relative to where natural disasters historically strike. The Natural Hazard heatmaps likewise include the options to thought earthquake too inundation maps. 

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