New maps: For the Eurovision fans
22 May 2012 The Eurovision Song Contest begins tonight! Whether you love or loathe it, you can’t deny that it’s a unique form of entertainment. Established as a way of bringing countries in the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) together after … Continue reading
May Day – mapped
1 May 2012 Happy May Day – and Happy International Workers’ Day! While May Day is a holiday in many parts of the world, in some countries it has an additional purpose: celebrating and highlighting the rights of workers. Depending … Continue reading
Monday mentions
30 April 2012 Rounding up our favourite tweets from last week: An interesting – and interactive – map that aims to combat climate change by saving rainwater (via @MapsRus): http://esp.tl/I6o3Wd We talk about why working with Marketo works for us: … Continue reading
Happy Birthday Buddha! Here’s a map to celebrate!
27 April 2012 Tomorrow is “Buddha Poornima” or “Vaishakh Poornima” – or as we’d like to say, Happy Birthday Buddha! In the Buddhist calendar, today is also the Day of Enlightenment, and Mahaparinirvana, which makes sense, since one interpretation of … Continue reading
Time’s 100 Most Influential People – Mapping where they’re from!
24 April 2012 Last Wednesday, Time‘s 9th annual “100 most influential people” list was released to the world – ruffling a few feathers, and flattering some others! Described by Time as the people who “inspire us, entertain us, challenge us … Continue reading
Monday mentions: Our favourite maps from last week
23 April 2012 We know you’re busy – so in case you haven’t been able to keep up with all eSpatial or industry news in the past week, we’ve made it easy for you with our best picks in a … Continue reading
All the water in Africa
20 April 2012 You don’t tend to think of Africa as a continent with a lot of water – but according to a new report, Africa sits on a huge reservoir! It’s great news for the inhabitants of the continent … Continue reading
For Earth Day – CO2 levels, mapped!
20 April 2012 Did you know that Sunday is Earth Day? Environmental activists we’re not – but mapping enthusiasts we are! So upon hearing that it was coming up, we decided that a set of earth-related maps would work best … Continue reading
The real Springfield, revealed!
11 April 2012 Last December we mapped the world’s Springfields. Today, the world has discovered that Springfield, Oregon is the “real” Springfield from The Simpsons. Not sure where Springfield, Oregon is? Check out our map, which shows all the US … Continue reading
New maps: Estimated US Easter expenditure
10 April 2012 Easter’s over and done with for another year – we hope the Easter Bunny was as good to you as he was to us! For chocolatiers and candymakers, Easter is seriously big business. In fact, a recent … Continue reading
