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Visualizing 5 years of traffic fatalities: what is the deadliest time to drive?

Data visualization expert John Nelson uses graphic design to illustrate risk. In his latest infographic, he plots the perilousness of driving — something many of us will be doing a lot of in the coming weeks. Using traffic fatality data collected between 2006 and 2010, Nelson set out to look for daily, weekly, monthly, and…

Map of the Pope’s followers on Twitter confirms: Earth is rife with godless heathens

More than one billion people around the world call themselves members of the Catholic Church, but as of December 8th, only 546,765 of them were following Pope Benedict XVI on Twitter (nom de tweet: @pontifex). Here’s how Catholicism’s truly faithful followers are spread out around the world. From Floating Sheep, the datavisualization experts behind the…

Apple is in preliminary talks to use Foursquare data in Apple Maps. Like that would stop anyone from using Google Maps.

A Map of the Entire Internet

Plotted on TeleGeography’s Internet Exchange Map are the buildings that connect the cables of the whole ‘net. It’s a really good picture of what the infrastructure of the entire internet looks like. https://gizmodo.com/the-bullseye-of-america-s-internet-5913934 The map gives information on 274 Internet exchanges and 512 buildings. Click a specific pin to find out more information about that…

How to Get Siri to Provide Google Maps Directions, No Hack Required

Ask Siri for directions, and by default she’ll throw up an Apple Maps solution. Which means you’ll get lost. But it’s actually really easy to get her to give you directions using Google’s maps—and it doesn’t even require a hack. As JailbreakNation shows in this vide, adding the phrase “via transit” to the end of…

What Turn-by-Turn Navigation Should Look Like

The new Google Maps app was finally released, and I’m loving it so far, but it’s missing a feature I’ve been hoping to see map apps implement for some time. I have this problem where as soon as I pull up directions on my phone, whether right after entering my destination or getting out of…

Maps of Earth Showing Where Severe Weather is Most Likely to Kill

This map shows where cyclones are most likely to hit, given current shifts in climate. And now a group of researchers are saying that it also shows where land mammals are most likely to go extinct as weather conditions worsen. Led by Zoological Society of London researcher Eric Ameca y Juárez, the group analyzed 5,760…

Google vs. Apple Maps: Total Domination

Google Maps for iOS is so much better than Apple’s attempt at a replacement that it will make you giggle. But you can’t grasp just how much better—almost perfect—iOS Google Maps is unless you see it in action. Here it is, head-to-head with Apple Maps. It’s not even close. Google Maps is exactly what it…

9 Things I’ll Miss About Apple Maps

Did you hear? Google Maps is back in the App Store, which means we can finally officially pretend that whole Apple Maps disaster never happened. Still, there are a few things I’m going to miss about Apple’s misguided trainwreck. https://gizmodo.com/download-google-maps-for-ios-right-now-and-get-turn-by-5968065 1. That time it revealed a secret military base in Taiwan. 2. How it forced…

Download Google Maps for iOS Right Now and Get Turn by Turn Navigation, Public Transit Directions and Street View

After somehow managing to survive life without it, Google Maps is back and better than ever for iOS. That means no more melting world of Apple Maps, no more false listings, no more getting lost and no more map inferiority on your iPhone. Get rid of Apple Maps and go download Google Maps in the…

Report: Google Maps Is Coming Back to iOS Tonight!

iPhone owners, rejoice, for your long national maps nightmare is almost over. According to AllThingsD, a standalone Google Maps app is going to hit the App Store sometime tonight. So long, Apple Maps. It’s been… something. Hard as it may be to believe, it’s been nearly three months since Tim Cook & Co. jettisoned Google…

Here are your odds of experiencing a White Christmas

December 25th is fast approaching — will yours be snow-laden? This map, released by NOAA and the National Climatic Data Center, gives the probability of a “White Christmas” across the continental United States. A “White Christmas,” according to the NCDC, is one with an inch or more of snow on the ground at 6 A.M.…

Australian Police Warns the Public Not to Use iOS 6 Maps

It’s been official for a while now: iOS 6 Maps suck. Everyone from Tim Cook to my mother knows it, but now it’s getting scary. Victoria Police are advising people not to use iOS 6 Maps due to safety concerns. What are those safety concerns? Oh nothing, really, just people stranded deep inside a remote…

Report: Apple to Fix Its Terrible Maps by Rearranging the World

The Onion has some intel on Apple’s solution to the Apple Maps debacle. Instead of just fixing the app, Tim Cook & Co. are just going to alter the earth’s geography. https://gizmodo.com/apples-new-3d-maps-are-an-apocalyptic-horror-show-5944672 Move entire countries. Rename streets. Change everything. Why not? Morning commuters on the Brooklyn Bridge would much rather fall into the East River…

The Mystery Behind the Disappearing Island That Existed on Google Maps Has Been Solved

Remember that tiny South Pacific island known as Sandy Island on Google Maps and Google Earth that disappeared? It was like LOST in real life. Though scientists ‘undiscovered’ the island recently, the real mystery was on how it appeared on modern maps to begin with. We now know the answer. https://gizmodo.com/how-did-this-tiny-south-pacific-island-disappear-hint-5962800 Shaun Higgins, a researcher…

Watch This Laser-Cut Map Appear Before Your Eyes, Block By Block

Not super into cartography? Add some lasers into the mix and see what happens. This video features a laser digging into some metal to create a map of Atlanta, Georgia and it’s mesmerizing to watch it come into being before your eyes. Laser-cutting isn’t quite that fast; this video is sped up to 4x, but…

Middle Earth map dress outfits you for an unexpected journey

Should the wearer of this dress suddenly find herself in Middle Earth, she’ll at least have a map handy. This piece of Tolkien-inspire couture was spotted at Dragon*Con 2012, and we love all the small touches: the traveling cloak collar, the Tengwar script along the belt and hem, and the matching clutch. Photo by Matt…

Amazon’s Maps API is out of beta, which means developers will be adding it into plenty of new apps from now on. [Amazon]

The Best Navigation App for iOS

When your iPhone comes preloaded with multiple types of maps, you might wonder why you’d ever need a dedicated navigation app. Yet there they are in the App Store, at astronomical prices, like a digital clone of the GPS unit your dad had suction-cupped to his windshield. With a road trip on the horizon, and,…

Instant Google Street View Autocompletes Map Searches On the Fly

This is so totally epic. Go to QSView.com and start typing in an address, place name, or location. The site will automagically go to the address it predicts you’re thinking of, complete with Google Street View images. Amazing, right? I just lost myself on this site typing in random places. And then as it autocompleted,…