This week’s featured map is the Map of the Future (embedded below) by locihay. This creative (and very unconventional) map generated a bit of buzz over the past week and was reviewed on several blogs, and here is a quote from one of them:
Thought you’d enjoy this very creative map we came across. Best to use + for close ups and then drag the hand icon within the map.
We are getting ready to release interactive weather templates, and we need your help with testing. If you would like to be among the elite group of early adopters send us a quick email with a description of your website and we will add the Live Weather Radar template (shown below) to your account.
We look forward to hearing from you. Thanks for helping us test this!
The weather data is brought through a partnership with iMap Weather.
Ty Smith is an active member of UMapper community who always finds new ways to use our technology. We are excited to share Ty’s testimonials and showcase various cool maps he has created. This is what Ty has to say:
Fred R. Barnard (Printers’ Ink) in 1921 created an ad entitled, “One look is Worth A Thousand Words.” I feel that UMapper is similarly providing a platform for each one of us to show visually the places, people, events which are changing our world. I am astounded by the number of people who are putting cursor to screen to develop informative maps for all of us to enjoy.
My 9 year old son has just completed his first UMap and with automatic ease he studied his homework as he created the map. I feel confident with continual input from its users the UMapper platform will become thoroughly intertwined in our daily digital culture.
I have just completed two maps for Whitewater Ski Resort here in the interior mountains of British Columbia. The maps were custom uploads of their Trail maps. Horizontal tiling was still in effect at the time of building these maps.
The custom map integrates the icons of the ski run difficulty with colored markers as well as icons for the ski patrol, parking, chalet, and photos of the ski run. As with all my current map built I incorporate the customers other online portals including Youtube, Facebook and Twitter.
In continuing with the custom mapping feature I have also been experimenting with product pictures as in the “map” Dirty Dog Eyewear:
There is really unlimited mapping applications for the UMapper platform. As more functions become available I am enjoying finding new ways to expose the viewer to interact with the information as is the case with my personal map:
If you desire any more information about my maps or would like help building a map please contact me nannasmith2010@hotmail.com.
Ty Smith
Do you have a UMapper story you’d like to share? Send us few sentences on how you are using UMapper and what problem it solves for you, and we will post your story on our blog. We are looking forward to hearing from you.
Today we are releasing the most requested feature since the custom maps release. Horizontal tiling has been disabled for custom maps. In other words when you create a custom map, it will not repeat itself during the scroll on x axis.
This is how custom maps look now - no repeat:
This is how custom maps used to look - map repeats itself:
Enjoy this new feature and let us know if you have any comments.
War Child is a small international charity that protects children living in the world’s most dangerous war zones. They currently work in Iraq, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. We are very happy to be a part of this wonderful charity by powering War Child maps.
Visit warchild.co.uk to learn more about the project or browse War Child maps on UMapper. Here is one of their maps:
Democratic Republic of Congo
More than 2.7 million children under 5 have died due to the effects of conflict since 1998. In total 5.4m people have died - that constitutes the biggest death toll of any conflict since World War II.
More about this map on warchild.co.uk.
