How Far Have I Walked?
After the excesses of Christmas many of us are now thinking about what New Year's resolutions we can make in order to lose a few lbs. La...
Supercharging Sports Maps
One of the most popular posts on Maps Mania in 2014 looked at the heat maps generated by joggers and cyclists using wearable technology. One...
3d Piste Maps
Piste,io is a new website (currently in beta) which allows you to view 3d maps of your favorite European skiing resorts. Piste.io uses real ...
New York Marathon Map
This year spectators can track any individual runner in the New York Marathon. Using the New York Marathon Map you can enter the name or bib...
Outdoor Swimming in Berlin
I like this simple and understated map of Berlin swimming lakes and swimming pools. Berliner Badenstellen shows the locations of outdoor swi...
The World Cup Maps of the Week
One of the symptoms of my current World Cup delirium is that Google Maps Mania was overcome by a rash of football related maps this week. Th...
Brazil vs Croatia - The Twitter Map
Last night's opening game in the World Cup between Brazil and Croatia was watched by football fans around the world. In 150 of those cou...
Germany and Brazil Score More Goals
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has created a neat mapped visualization of every goal scored in every World Cup since 1930. The Ever...
The 2014 World Cup Players Map
Yesterday I linked to the World Cup Birthplaces map which shows where every player competing in the 2014 World Cup was born. The 2014 World ...
The World Cup of Player Fandom
You've probably seen the New York Times' maps of the Basketball Nation and the Baseball Nation. These maps show the support of US ba...
Where to Watch the World Cup
If you can't travel to Brazil to watch the World Cup in person then your next best bet is to watch the games on TV with other fans in a ...
The Birth of Football
World Cup Birthplaces is a map showing where every player and manager in every team in the 2014 World Cup was born. The map reveals some int...
The World Cup in Maps
The 2014 World Cup looks set to become the most mapped football tournament in history. The tournament itself will begin on Thursday in Brasi...
Le Tour de France in the UK
This year the greatest cycle race in the world, the Tour de France, is coming to the UK. If you want to watch the race live then you should ...
The United States of Basketball
The New York Times has created a Google Map of the United States divided into brand new areas, based on the the most popular basketball team...
Paragliding with Google Maps
Thermal KK7 is a map which displays thermal heat-maps across the globe. The map shows the probability of finding a usable ascending air curr...