MIBAZAAR Blog

#SOPA Tweets Mapped!!

Virender Ajmani — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:54:04 +0000

Its a SOPA protest day here in United States. There are bunch of sites which have joined the protest. Among the sites protesting SOPA legislation is Wikipedia and Google.

There is a quite a bit of noise on Twitter about the ongoing SOPA protests. Take a look at this Google Maps Mashup of SOPA Tweets in United States. The map animates between the latest SOPA tweets from Eastern and Western United States.

Happy Martin Luther King Day – Timeline of Events Mapped

Virender Ajmani — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:30:52 +0000

Today January 16th is Martin Luther King Day in United States. Its a federal holiday here in United States celebrating Martin Luther King’s birthday (January 15th, 1929). Martin Luther King Day is observed on 3rd Monday in January every year.

Here’s a “Martin Luther King” journey map which I created couple of years ago. It maps out important events in Martin Luther King’s life. The map automatically moves on to the next event in Rev. King’s life. You can however manually move forward/back by clicking on the arrows located at the bottom left on the map.

Kim Jong Dead – Tweets Mapped

Virender Ajmani — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:27:14 +0000

Kim Jong, the North Korean Leader died on Saturday. News of this death was announced to the world today. Ever since the announcement twitter has been abuzz about Kim Jong’s death. Here’s a look at Kim Jong tweets from around the world on Google Maps. Click on the radio buttons on the left of the map for a look at tweets from the region. The map animates thru the tweets after every 6 seconds.

Tragedy of Edmund Fitzgerald #googlemaps

Virender Ajmani — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:41:21 +0000

Edmund Fitzgerald sank 36 years ago on November 10th, 1975 in Lake Superior. All 29 crew members lost their lives that day. I had created this Google Maps Mashup in 2009 which shows the exact location of the tragedy in Lake Superior along with hometowns of the mariners on Edmund Fitzgerald who died.

When the map first loads up it shows the location where the ship sank along with a video of the song from Gordon Lightfoot which is dedicated to Edmund Fitzgerald. There is a link above the video (“Click here for mariners hometown”) which when clicked shows the hometowns of mariners hometown. The information window above the mariner markers has a forward and back arrows which when clicked takes you to the next mariner location.

Mapping Happy Diwali Tweets #diwali

Virender Ajmani — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:01:00 +0000

Happy Diwali to everyone. Here’s a look at “Happy Diwali” Tweets from India, Eastern/Western US and Europe mapped out on Google Maps. The Map animates thru the tweets after every 5-7 seconds.

Occupy Protests go global – Mapping the Tweets

Virender Ajmani — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:39:12 +0000

Was reading CNN.com this morning and saw reports on violence in Rome, Italy related to Occupy Protests. Occupy Protests now have gone global. One way to look at these protests is to look at tweets from different regions tagged with #occupy. That is exactly what I have done with Occupy Protests Tweet Map. It maps out tweets from various parts of United States, Europe, Far East (Japan) and Australia. The map moves on to next tweet after every 7 seconds. You can pick different regions from where you want to see the tweets.

Steve Jobs’ Life – Mapped on Google Maps #stevejobs

Virender Ajmani — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:12:19 +0000

Steve Jobs’ journey of Life on Google Maps. This map animates thru events in Steve Jobs’ life, from birth, school,college,creation of Apple,introducing iPhone and finally his death.

RIP Steve Jobs – Tweets Mapped!!

Virender Ajmani — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:37:16 +0000

RIP – Steve Jobs…

Tweets from around the World Mapped!!

Mapping Hurricane Irene Tweets in Google Earth #irene

Virender Ajmani — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:47:48 +0000

Millions of people from the Carolinas to New England in Eastern United States are getting ready for Hurricane Irene. So what are they saying on Twitter and from where. Here’s a look at some of the tweets in Google Earth. The tweets are being shown from within 700 miles radius from New York City. The map automatically moves on to the next tweet after 4-5 seconds. If you don’t have Google Earth Plugin installed for your browser, this page will prompt you for installing the plug in. Its worth the 30-40 seconds install time.

Famine in Africa – Mapping the Tweets #famine

Virender Ajmani — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:35:03 +0000

Millions of lives are at stake in the drought and famine in East Africa. The UN also declared an emergency humanitarian crisis throughout the Horn of Africa. So how is the world reacting? To find out I turned to Twitter to see who is tweeting about famine in Africa. I have mapped out the tweets from Central/South Africa, Eastern/Western United States and Europe. The map animates through the latest tweets. You can select the tweets from different regions listed on the left (in the map view).

There are two maps I created. One in Google Earth and one in Google Maps.

Famine in Africa - Google Earth View

Famine in Africa - Google Maps View