MOTW #61

The Philadelphia Inquirer published a really good map showing 2006 murders in the city. If you click the map below you can go to the interactive map. Click on any dot to get details about the crime - victim, race, time , weapon, etc. You can also use these as filters to see only daytime murders or murders by "hand". Keep in mind that this a an entire year 's worth of data and in most of the city murder is really not that common an occurrence. Really we have lots of nice neighborhoods! I'm serious!

MOTW #60

This past summer the Spanish Postal Agency, Correos issued a really nice stamp showing a map of the city and region around Toledo. It's part of their "Sciences and the Earth" series. I don't know if there are other maps planned. Stay tuned.

MOTW #59

This map was originally published for the Philadelphia Daily News to show off our awful luck in the realm of professional sports. The map shows cities with their number of championships won since July, 1983, right after the Sixers won our last major sports title. The original map was interactive and you could get the teams that won by clicking on each city, however this map has been taken off their web site.
As many readers have pointed out we are not the only city crying in our beer.

MOTW #58

In honor of New Year's Eve I had posted an interactive Guy Lombardo map of London, Ontario showing all the sites related to his life growing up there. There were lots of amusing and somewhat violent stories attached to the various places he lived and played music. Sadly, the map seems to have disappeared from cyberspace.

MOTW #57

Vwmaps founded by Martin, one of our loyal readers produced this map showing all NPR stations in the USA.

MOTW #56

This is an animation showing the history of empires in the Middle East with a corresponding time line.

MOTW #55

The Giving Map is a simple web-based application that identifies locations in New York's Capital District (aka Albany-Schenectady-Troy) where individuals can make donations of food, cash, clothing or their time this holiday season. While this is not a comprehensive list of all the giving opportunities available, it does provide the names, locations and contact information for many major charitable organizations in the Capital District.