Strategy and Location
The Mappery Map was a collaborative project to build a WordPress plugin to geocode posts and generate a map. he map part was relatively straight forward, the geocoding and plugin architecture was more complex, fortunately my co-editor Arnaud was on top of that. We spent a long time thinking through the design and functionality of the plugin before we started coding and it paid big dividends in…
This updated defence spending map now displays data from 1975 to 2024, reflecting key historical events, including the Cold War's end and recent geopolitical shifts. Enhanced user interface features allow users to view military spending as a percentage of GDP, arms imports, and exports across eleven periods in a unified chart. Notable trends include a significant decrease in Western military…
The row in the UK over defence budgets prompted me to build this map of defence expenditure and arms exports and imports. It's relatively simple took less that 3 hours from idea to finish but I think it works well. You can see the trends in defence spending by clicking on a country, or look at the global picture by selecting a year at the bottom of the map <p>The post Who Spends the Most on…
Thanks to Mario Ame Everything was working fine. I had just finished building the Grow Your Own allotments map, deployed it to the live server, and was feeling pretty pleased with myself. A few days later a friend messaged me that the map had stopped working. No regions, just a blank basemap. Checked the console [ ] <p>The post When Your Maps Disappear Overnight – A PMTiles Horror Story first…
I saw a hysterically bad AI generated static map of Ebola outbreaks in Africa which prompted me to try producing something better in a few minutes. The result was pretty good and then I went on to produce an interactive web map. Nothing very complex about this but I think it presents the data in a simple way that people will understand. <p>The post Ebola Outbreaks in Africa first appeared on…
How does allotment culture vary across Europe? This map compares allotment space per person and average plot size across 900 regions. There were a few data challenges accessing worldwide allotment data from OSM and then more challenges with the size of the data. Reminded me of the importance of reaching out to friends for help. <p>The post Grow Your Own a lot of data to work with and yet again…
Shakespeare's World - a map of all the places mentioned in Shakespeare's 38 plays. I am getting better at this stuff but this map was much tougher than I had expected, mainly because of the data. I am pleased with the end result and I think it works pretty well. <p>The post Shakespeare s World I thought this would be simple but first appeared on KnowWhere .</p>
A map of pub density per 10k people across British parliamentary constituencies with pub points from the Food Standards Agency. Quite simple and quick to put together thanks to Claude - a fun project. <p>The post Nearest Pint, Pub Density Map first appeared on KnowWhere .</p>
A map of alcohol consumption and production which highlights the countries that are net importers and exporters of beer, wine and spirits. Sourcing the data was frustrating and there are some glaring gaps <p>The post Alcohol Consumption & Production you d think the data would be easy? first appeared on KnowWhere .</p>
I am struggling to come up with an idea for what to map next. A bit of a brain freeze. Have you got an idea? Leave a suggestion in the comments. <p>The post Brain Freeze What to map next? first appeared on KnowWhere .</p>