News Map
Select any country in the world and up pops a live feed of relevant articles from Yahoo News.
muti.co.za/static/newsmap.html
PediaX
It's a cartographic flyover of Wikipedia — as you mouse across Earth, the map fills with markers for any place or landmark that has a Wikipedia entry. Click 'em to bring up a brief description.
en.pediax.org
Flood Maps
Wondering whether you'll own beachfront property once the last ice sheet melts? This site uses NASA topographical data to show how coastlines will look with each meter of sea level rise.
flood.firetree.net
Fast Food Maps
Pick any big city and let your mind reel at the concentration of franchised french fries. Then chart a course to the nearest In-N-Out burger.
www.fastfoodmaps.com
Mappy Hour
You can't stumble around online without hitting a bar guide these days, but Mappy Hour is shockingly efficient at finding the shortest path from you to cheap cocktails.
mappyhour.nerl.net
Safe2Pee
When nature calls a transgendered one, this site answers with the location of gender-neutral restrooms in selected US and Canadian cities.
www.safe2pee.org
Gmaps Pedometer
OK, anyone who tracks their distance to four decimal places needs to chill out. But it's pretty cool to find out how much ground you cover in your daily run.
www.gmap-pedometer.com
— Lucas Graves
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