Which country became the biggest in #Africa without gaining any land?
#1 of a new flag series made with #GEOlayers App. You pick the next one 👇
#maps #map #geography #motiongraphic #mapanimation #flags #flagsoftheworld
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Super interesting! 🗺️ Does this still exist in a modern form, like fake entries hidden in digital maps or datasets?
Cartographers put fake towns on maps to catch plagiarists. If your rival's #map had the same invented place, they'd copied yours. 🗺️📍One of those fake towns, Agloe, accidentally became real when a business named itself after it. Read more:
openculture.com/2026/07/why-…
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What if every #country was filled with its own flag? 🇩🇪
We're starting at home. #Germany, #1.
You pick the rest. Drop a country below and we'll work through the most requested ones.
Built in GEOlayers.app
#map
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The texture tutorial is live 🎬
Step by step:
1. Mercator projection, bearing 0, pitch 0
2. Fit the viewport to your feature
3. Effects and base map off → snapshot → download
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Why does Vermont look like tree bark? 🪵
Because any shape on your map can have a real texture.
Tutorial coming soon ...
#geolayersapp #geolayers #maps #map #mapanimation #look #videoeditor
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Which US state makes more maple syrup than the rest of the country combined? 🍁 Vermont. 3.1 million gallons a year, 53% of the entire US crop. Second-smallest state by population.
#maps #map #usa #geolayers #geolayersapp #videoediting
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Which US state has fewer people than a single city? 🤠
10th largest in the country. ~590,000 people.
Albuquerque matches that on 1/500th the land.
Plenty of room for everyone.
Animated in GEOlayers.app
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The Arctic is melting and a shipping lane appeared.
What happens to global shipping when the Arctic melts? 🧊 A lane opens. ~35 days China → Eu via Suez. ~20 over the Arctic. Navigable about four months a year.
#Globe #view, built in GEOlayers.app with @maptiler
Why is this city shaped like an airplane? 🛩️
Brasília. Built from scratch, 1956–1960.
Lúcio Costa won the job with 15 hand-drawn sketches.
Animated #map in GEOlayers.app #geolayers
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#Maps without endless keyframes. 🌍
Item-based timeline. Camera moves, features, labels, effects, audio, all in your browser.
Export to web, or render lossless 4K image sequences.
Independent. By map #nerds, for #map nerds.
GEOlayers.app
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The 3D terrain tutorial is live 🎬
Step by step:
1. Add an world layer
2. Find the elevation setting
3. Crank it up
Mountains grow. Animation makes sense. No plugin, no setup — runs in the browser.
▶ youtube.com/shorts/cTUCBKlEl…
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A flat map can't show a climb. ⛰️
One elevation setting later, you've got terrain.
Try geolayers.app. Tutorial coming soon ...
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Exciting update for everyone creating custom map experiences 🌊
With the latest Land v4 release, we've pushed boundary precision and layer alignment even further for cleaner, clutter-free data overlays.
Full update in the first reply.
#WebMapping #GIS #DeveloperTools
Who builds a railway straight up a mountain? 🚂
New Hampshire, 1869. The world's first mountain-climbing cog railway.
820 m at the base → 1,917 m at the summit of Mount Washington. Still running.
Animated in GEOlayers.app
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The line trim tutorial is live 🎬 Step by step:
youtube.com/shorts/__IC3VLEo…
#motiondesign #madewithGEOlayersApp
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North America's tallest peak, drawn line by line. 🏔️
Denali on an #animated #map – trimmed, self-drawing lines, made in the browser with GEOlayers.app, @maptiler @BooneLovesVideo @MapTiler @geoawesome_dgtl #maps



