New Hither Last Monster Maps

Slate has created a beautiful interactive map of Olaus Magnus’ 1539 Carta Marina. The Carta Marina is brimming amongst wonderful body of body of water monsters.

Slate has made each of the monsters selectable on their interactive map, as well as so users are able to click on each of the monsters as well as read how Olaus Magnus described each monster inwards his ain commentary to the map.


Also marine related, as well as merely equally beautiful inwards its ain way, is this alive currents map of the Great Lakes from the National Oceanic as well as Atmospheric Association. The Great Lakes Surface Currents Map is an animated map simulating the catamenia patterns inwards the Great Lakes.

The map visualizes H2O displace based on information of the lake currents at the introduce time. The map is based on hint.fm's gorgeous Wind Map.

Unrelated to monsters or the waters deep (but a lot of fun) is GeoLive. This Leaflet map allows y'all to clit as well as add together markers to a alive map. That inwards itself is variety of keen but if at that topographic point are other users on GeoLive y'all tin plow over the axe picket them brand their ain additions to the map inwards real-time.

The map fifty-fifty includes a chat option. You tin plow over the axe thus chat to other users of the map and, if as well as so inspired, collaborate as well as function together on your mapping missions.

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