Maproom's geospatial developer Rosalyn Ellis has been using Open AI and discovered that the AI language model quickly grasps some (though by no means all) of the features of Maproom's dynamic mapping demos, and is highly complimentary about them! Below is a screenshot of the artificial intelligence chat in which two of our maps are reviewed by ChatGPT. Artificial Intelligence is very much in the news at the moment, as some of its own developers including Elon Musk and Google's Geoffrey Hinton are warning of the potential dangers from its capability to manipulate and deceive. For example, Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari says that ChatGPT has breached a new threshold because of its ability to use language to shape human culture. “Simply by gaining mastery of the human language, AI has all it needs in order to cocoon us in a Matrix-like world of illusions.” Indeed, whilst we are delighted to receive such glowing reviews of our dynamic maps from the foremost AI algorithm, we ... Read more
New Local Authorities maps from April 2023 – Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness, North Yorkshire and Somerset
We have updated all our Local Authority map bases in line with changes that have come into effect on 1 April 2023. As far as we can see, we have actually beaten the Government itself in issuing the new boundary data! The changes are as follows: Cumberland – formerly Allerdale, Carlisle, Copeland Westmorland and Furness – formerly Barrow-in-Furness, Eden, South Lakeland North Yorkshire – formerly Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough, Selby Somerset – formerly Mendip, Sedgemoor, Somerset West and Taunton, South Somerset We sell two vector art packages for the Local Authorities: one juxtaposed with postcodes and the other without. Both are bundled with a premium pass for the Dynamic Mapping Suite, which contains interactive online maps of the new Local Authorities with advanced search. Users can colour and caption the Local Authorities online with their own data. If you have data you want to feed to the old Local ... Read more
Mapping from spreadsheets system launched in our Dynamic Mapping Suite
A powerful yet easy to use system of connecting spreadsheets to colour and label polygon maps is now available in our Dynamic Mapping Suite, and it costs only a very modest £35 to use. Currently available for dynamically colouring and captioning from spreadsheet: See a live example of a postcode district polygons map connected to a spreadsheet and learn more about mapping from spreadsheets. ... Read more
New census mapping
The Office for National Statistics has started to release data from the Census 2021. Below are some interactive England and Wales population maps that users can freely use on their own websites. Or commission us to create maps like these using other census data or marrying up census figures with your own data. Hover or tap different parts of the maps for data interaction ... Read more
Our 3d map of British and Irish mountains is an immersive demo of new techniques with advanced satellite imagery and filters
Mapbox – our favourite dynamic mapping base system – released a new system based on Maxar satellite imagery last year, whereby geospatial developers such as us can tap into elevation and projection for satellite views layered with our own points, lines and polygons. We have experimented with the new 3d system in conjunction with our own techniques developed for listing and filtering, and come up with a rather sublime demo using data from The Database of British and Irish Hills. Open full-size dynamic mountains map Learn more about how we feed data to dynamic maps like this on the 3d mountains exploration demo page. ... Read more
Europe and world maps updated for geopolitical events in 2022
The United Nations have accepted Turkey's official name spelling change to Türkiye with immediate effect, and Ukraine and Moldova have been accepted as EU candidate countries. Therefore we have updated our full set of Europe, EU and world maps to reflect these developments. ... Read more