March 24th, 2008 · Comments Off

‘Preliminary traverse map of the landingsite’ - (original - more)
Strangemaps, You’ll Never Moonwalk Alone:
“On July 21, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the moon. He didn’t moonwalk alone – ‘Buzz’ Aldrin joined him on the surface – and he didn’t walk far.
After travelling hundreds of thousands of kilometers, the landing crew of the Apollo 11 lunar mission barely covered an area the size of a football pitch.”
NASA History website
Tags: apollo 11,buzz aldrin,maps,moon,neil armstrong,space
July 21st, 2007 · Comments Off

Strange Maps: As we’ve all learned in school, 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered by water, only 30% is solid ground. What if everything was reversed? What if every land mass was a body of water, and vice versa?”
Tags: design,maps,world
July 11th, 2007 · Comments Off
Walk Jog Run is een Google Maps Mashup voor wandelaars, joggers en hardlopers. Meet afstand, tijd en verbruikte calorieën. Voorbeeld: ‘Ons Buiten’ Running Route.
Zie ook Measuring Distances and Areas in Google Earth
Tags: amsterdam,google maps,maps,running,sports
Tags: google earth,maps,running
February 15th, 2007 · Comments Off
Strangemaps: “If this world map vaguely looks like it’s highlighting a remnant of the British Empire, that’s no coincidence. This map shows which side of the road traffic drives on.”
Tags: british empire,driving,maps,world