Lessons in Historical Geography - mapping border changes over time

For those interested in the changing national boundaries of Europe for the last ten thousand years or so - but only have 5 minutes to review, here's a You Tube for that!



Credits to Historical Atlas and there Centennia software for putting this together.

Mapping Changes in Airspace - Volcanic Impact on European Air Traffic

I though this was a fascinating display of airspace and the recent Icelandic volcano's impact of European air traffic.


Airspace Rebooted from ItoWorld on Vimeo.



A quick "cut & paste" from the site:"... A visualisation of the northern European airspace returning to use after being closed due to volcanic ash. Due to varying ash density across Europe, the first flights can be seen in some areas on the 18th and by the 20th everywhere is open.


The flight data is courtesy of www.flightradar24.com and covers a large fraction of Europe. There are a few gaps (most noticeably France) and no coverage over the Atlantic, but the picture is still clear.
The map data is CC-by-SA www.openstreetmap.org and contributors.


This CC-by-SA visualisation was produced by www.itoworld.com with support from www.ideasintransit.org ..."

 

Funny Maps on a Friday: Redrawing Europe & finding Vulgaria

The Economist's "tongue-in-cheek" redrawing of geography of Europe, allowing for odd political alignments, the creation of mythical places, and other general map silliness.

I particularly like the justification for moving Poland and the other former Russian block nations, as they - having endured a 20th century history full of invasions, Communist occupation and everything else - "deserve some isolation" for a while.

Besides, who wouldn't want to "holiday" in a place like Vulgaria?

Enjoy the read.

Link to ful article here.