Web Map Portals Must Die
Web map portals weren’t invented because they were a sensible design decision, they were invented to reduce cost.
How Popular is MangoMap in Your Country?
Mango usage has exploded this year with users from around the globe uploading their spatial data and creating stunning interactive web maps. We thought is would be fun to find out which countries are making the most use of Mango. So I ran a little PostGIS/OGR magic to create a Shapefile showing how many datasets had currently been uploaded to Mango for each country and this is the result: Map Link The top 10 countries by number of datasets uploaded: United States Cambodia Brazil India Moldova United Kingdom Canada Spain Netherlands Italy The real surprise entry on this list is […]
Map Showcase: UN-REDD Program Countries
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) is an effort to create a financial value for the carbon stored in forests, offering incentives for developing countries to reduce emissions from forested lands and invest in low-carbon paths to sustainable development. “REDD+” goes beyond deforestation and forest degradation, and includes the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks. This interactive map showcases countries participating in the REDD program and uses FAO forest change data as a backdrop. Link to the map
Map Showcase: Elected Members in Australia – GIS by Yellow Dot
In today’s map showcase we take a look at a map produced by Patrick Burke of Yellow Dot Australia. He created the map for his client that’s a charity interested in aid and politicians, the map showcases how MangoMap can be used to display the distribution of voters in each electorate as pushpins in correlation with exiting electoral data displayed as thematic layers. Link to the map: Elected Members – GIS by Yellow Dot
Unclutter Your Maps with Clustered Pushpins
Are you tired of maps where all of your point markers or pushpins are overlapping each other and practically colouring in the whole screen? Messy points! Yes we were too, and that’s why we introduced the clustered pushpin feature. When two pushpins will occupy the same area on the screen then they will be grouped into a cluster. This cluster contains a number that lets us know how many are in the cluster and further more if we move our mouse over the cluster the area that the points occupy on the map will be highlighted! Much easier to understand! […]