Can You Navigate the Suez Canal?
Thanks to the Ever Given we are now all aware that steering a 1,312-foot, 220,000 ton container ship is fraught with difficulty. With the he...
The Global Easter Egg Hunt
Cadbury, the UK chocolate manufacturers, are using Google Maps to create a worldwide Easter egg hunt. You can use Cadbury Worldwide Hide to ...
Flying Home to Texas
Going Back Home is an interesting concept for a map based game. The game's scenario is that you are the pilot of a plane and all the wor...
Guess the Location
The University of St Andrews Library has released a fun little game which requires you to guess the location depicted in random photographs ...
Fantasy Map Generators
The Procedural City Generator is an impressive tool for creating random city maps in the style of American planned road-grid cities. All you...
Geography Treasure Hunts
Esri's Geography Treasure Hunts is a collection of map based quizzes which require you to explore a map of the world in search of the an...
Mapping a Virtual Village
Welcome to Lower Upping, a small rural village, consisting of a handful of houses, a local pub, a small chapel and a village shop. Lots of p...
Fun with Coloring Maps
The Mapbox Coloring Book If you or your children are looking for fun and educational activities then you could try spending some time colori...
How to Make Interactive Map Jigsaws
Did you know that you can make and play online map jigsaws on the Jigsaw Explorer website. Jigsaw Explorer allows you to create interactive ...
Name the City from its Bike Lanes
The Guardian has a fun map game which requires you to guess cities around the world based solely on maps of their bike lanes. The maps were ...
How Well Do You Know Your Hoods?
How well do your know your local neighborhoods and the neighborhoods of the world's largest towns & cities? You can find out by play...
Play Ms Pacman on Google Maps
Most years the Google Maps team manage to create something special for April Fools' Day. One of the team's best April Fools' jok...
Build Your Own Subway
It's time to tear down the New York City subway system and start again from scratch. The New York City Council's Department of Trans...
Maps in the Unity Game Engine
Google today released a pretty amazing game which allows you to fly over the Himalayas, run up mountains and skate upon icy lakes. Verne - T...
How to Create a Pokemon Go Type Game
Niantic is an established leader in location based games and has already enjoyed popular success with their Ingress game. However the strato...