True Size Of -
interactive map that shows the true sizes of countries on web
mercator projection
Objective Lists -
the original page with popular maps based on the Similarity Index:
how each country is similar to all the other countries in the world
OpenRailwayMap - in
most areas max speeds of the track data is available, that way I
know how fast trains can go through my nearby station without
stopping
UrbanRail.net - all the
public rail transit of the world
Electricity Map -
emissions of energy producers around the world
Sasha Trubetskoy's Maps - website
with some interesting and not so serious maps including map of Roman
roads but as metro lines, maps of stereotypes or metro area maps of
Android and iOS users.
World Radio Map - I used it
to find music that is not in English, useful to some music detours,
there are many of this kind of websites, that's the one that works
FlightRadar24 - staple
site for all aviation geeks, the patterns on the map that the planes
create are interesting too!
The Music Map
- a map of the most recently popular song by country
Zonelets - a free blogging engine
made of a bunch of html/css/js files that can be uploaded on every
server like Neocities. I don't personally use it because I want to
create my own unique layout, but I still update all links and menus
manually on every page which gets annoying as the site grows in
content. Zonelets apparently helps automate this so I got to check
it out someday
How I experience web today
- fun, but not so fun showcase of an average experience of browsing
any major news or commercial websites in European Union after the
infamous cookies policy was introduced. The link directly stolen
from doqmeat.com website, thanks,
I hate it, it's too real!
Alex Riviere's Blog - tech blog by
a web developer from Atlanta with funny party background
SlowRoads.io - slow driving game
on an infinitely generated road and the link to the article about
how it was done
European Alternatives
- list of Europe-based services that can be used alternatively to
the American big tech monopolies
PageSpeed - check if your
website follows the best practices to load fast on every devices,
this thing apparently doesn't like good old PNGs, JPEGs and GIFs but
other than that, it's pretty insightful
Spaghetti Junciton
- maps of public transit that look like mom's spaghetti
Lara Williams -
neocities page of geoscientist in training, I'm just saving the page
here if some new maps will show up
Portolanero - site
about underresearched maps called 'portolans' from medieval times
that were more accurate tham Ptolemy's maps rediscovered much later.
The Outline
- the neocities webiste with many interesting stuff waiting to be
read, the link directs to the page about the maps of the global
impact of humanity
My games on PurposeGames
- I've made some simple geography games about less known cities in
the world, check them out, or make better games by yourself!
CityQuiz.io - how many cities in
the world do you remember?
HugeQuiz.com
- fun site with various quizes including very specific place finding
games on google maps, unfortunately available for free only at the
first 3 days of the month
NationStates - create
your nation and choose your laws on issues, after a while most
people either get bored or tend to engage in the life of the region
in which your nation is participating, mostly on discord. That's the
place where my idea of
Volican States was born
Not-EcoPaw's carrd.co page
- impressive real and fictional transit maps made by a fellow
mapmaker from discord RPs and public transit madlad:
Not-EcoPaw!
OpenGeofiction - that's the
closest thing that exists to my vision of Lankarta web app
Achia Geofiction
- website of a mapmaker that I found on
Youtube channel,
collection of hand-drawn fictional maps of metropolitan areas and
more. It showed me that you can always find someone on the internet
with the same kind of hobby, even the rarest ones!
StadtKreation
- one of the best ficitonal city plans that I've seen
Imaginary country Bergonia -
another link from Norscand, complete site of a fictional country of
Bergonia
Geopoeia.net -
wiki with fictional states, sometimes with maps
Aveyond - fansite of a
RPG Maker games from Aveyond Studio, the site features some tiny
game maps
Dransik Map - that's
kind of a fictional map that I wish I could make long time ago, hosted
on neocities
Rewritten In The Stars -
website with the plan to create a new webcomic with the entire worldbuilding section
that includes continents occupied by various fictional countries
The Outline
- a good place, the fake town where everybody knows your name
fictional map
This section will be filled with my links from bookmarks that I want
to preserve
High Speed at High Speed - Tianjin West Station in China
- a long article that starts with impressive railway project in
China built in record time and ends with ridiculous one in the UK:
vital high speed link from London to Birmingham up to Northern
England that is stuck in the endless political gridlock and delays -
the beauty of "managed decline".
McMansion Hell - sarcastic
website about obnoxiously expensive condos and palaces with funny
descriptions
Barry's Border Points
- travel blog about reaching various border crossings and tripoints
Messy Nessy Chic - website with tons of interesting
stuff including its staple series '13 Things I Found on the Internet Today'.
It also have a section with maps, although it's only for subscribers
Skyscraperpage.com - goldmine for anybody that likes skyscrapers and comparing them by height.
Portfolios
Justas Juozaitis Instagram
and Contribee - bike
traveler from Lithuania that crossed entire Europe so many times
that decided to try both Americas! Met the guy on my much shorter
trip to Lithuania, inspired me to travel more!
Bocstyle - the
hairdresser, color specialist and mullet owner, cool guy from my
hometown!