Tag: Maps
27 posts
- The world’s tallest building will have planes going past below the top floorJeddah Tower is only 3½ miles from an airport runway. That might be a problem.
- A globe that spins once every 23 hours and 56 minutesI am looking for a globe that spins exactly once every 23 hours and 56 minutes. I believe this is the only globe in the world that does this. And it's discontinued. #savetheearth
- What is our intergalactic address?Here's where we live in the vast universe: Earth -> Solar System -> Local Interstellar Cloud -> Local Bubble -> Orion-Cygnus Arm -> Milky Way Galaxy
- Map your listening habits across the worldEver wondered where the artists you listen to come from? Or if there are any good bands from Kazakhstan? There is a tool that takes all the music you listen to, and it checks the country of every artist.
- Map with no borders or streetsThe WeatherBug radar map was a bit of a surprise to me. It has no state borders. No city markers. No roads or highways. Just land, rivers, and lakes. Thankfully, there is a very identifying feature to help me locate…
- Driving around the entire border of IllinoisIf you ever wanted to drive AROUND the state of Illinois, here is a map that literally goes around the outline of Illinois. 22 hours, 12 minutes.
- Instead of 50 states, what if America had 122 states based on weather?What if the states were more balanced in size, ordered around population centers, and took weather into consideration?
- When will the cicadas come out? Using soil temperature maps to predict their arrivalCicadas come out when the soil temperature is 65 degrees at 8 inches deep. A handful of tools will tell you the current soil temperature and forecast the upcoming soil temperature.
- 102 artworks for Illinois’ 102 counties Illinoisitron — the combination of 102 counties into one Combiner!
- MapMyIP: a new online gameEmbark on a digital treasure hunt with MapMyIP! 📍 Discover the fascinating world where your IP address meets the globe. Ready to find out where you digitally 'live'? Play now and explore the uncharted territories of the internet!
- One T. Rex for every 6×6 mile areaVisualizing how much land one T. Rex would roam in Chicago.
- Strava map of chasing a toddler and pre-schooler around a playground for 15 minutesStrava’s GPS tracking feature is so much fun—especially when you forget that it’s on.
- Doing bicycle donuts in a parking lotWhen a parking lot has circles painted on the surface, how can you not do donuts on them? Mysterious circles in parking lot On birthday I went on a little bike ride. Along the way home is a YMCA with…
- Five reasons why I might play Munzee the scavenger hunt mobile gameI’m trying a new scavenger hunt game, Munzee. From the iOS/Android app description: Are you looking for adventure? Play Munzee! Millions of munzees are hidden around the world in plain sight… just waiting for you to discover. Unlike other location-based…
- Antarctica looks like a lotus flowerSeeing these two posts next to each other on my blog draws a connection between the shape of Antarctica and the shape of a lotus flower. If these two images look rather similar, what would a reverse image search for…
- Beautiful poster of Antarctica for $10I had the greatest map Antarctica hanging in my dining room when I lived in Lincoln Square. I got it at the Rand McNally closing sale on Michigan Avenue for $6. Some of the lines were printed in silver ink.…
- What if all 23 cities in America named Paris had their own Eiffel Tower?There are at least 23 cities named Paris in America. I’d love to see the Eiffel Towers of each American Paris. If your town is named Paris, you HAVE to feature an Eiffel Tower. It’s a rule. All the Paris…
- Length of Berlin Wall in ChicagoThe Berlin Wall was 96 miles long. That’s longer than driving from Antioch to Joliet. Can you imagine if there was a wall that long built in Chicago? It would separate the west suburbs from the city and nearby burbs.…
- USA map made of postcardsSeekatesew made a fun map out of scrap fabrics. photo courtsey of seekatesew It would be fun to make a map from of postcards. Especially postcards mailed to you from people! Postcrossing would be perfect for this. Instead of doing…
- Coolest place on Earth (according to Google Maps)Do a search for coolest place on earth in Google Maps and it brings you to Earth, TX. Somehow I don’t think Texas is the coolest place on earth. Sorry, Texas. But you are just too hot to be considered…
- The 1908 Chicago Cubs ballpark is still a parkWest Side Grounds where the Cubs last won the World Series in 1908 is still a park. Or at least on Google Maps it looks like a park. It’s only a couple blocks from the Polk stop on the CTA…
- IDEA: Maps on cakesIt would be really cool to have a cake that has the map of the world on it. When you cut up the cake, it’s like you took over the world, and now you are dividing the spoils amoung everyone.…
- Illinois has a ton of riversIt’s like Illinois is one big sponge. Illinois: the sponge state.
- The “Mounts” of IllinoisThere are at least twelve towns in Illinois containing the word "Mount." Just how tall are these "mountains" of Illinois? Let's take a look.
- Play connect the dots with our state capitalsHere’s a map of America with JUST the capitals. No state lines. It would be fun to number these stars and make them into a connect-the-dots game.
- U.S. Cellular Field on Google Maps looks like a toiletWhen you go to Google Maps and look up the Chicago White Sox ballpark (U.S. Cellular Field), it looks like a toilet. How appropriate.
- 33 33 33 lat and longWhere is: Latitude 33° 33Min 33Sec, Longitude 33° 33Min 33Sec? — It’s right off the coast of Israel. Then you can add minus signs in the numbers. 33° 33Min 33Sec -33° 33Min 33Sec — Middle of North Atlantic Ocean -33°…
