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Announcing Burningmap


Every year around this time in San Francisco things start to feel a little rushed, and there’s anticipation in the air as a whole slice of society hauls itself out to the middle of the Nevada desert for the annual Burning Man festival. I’m not going myself this year, but my good friend Zach Coffin has been working out of an office here at Stamen on his latest song in steel and stone, The Universe Revolves Around YOU and it’s been great fun seeing it come together:

Given all the Burning Man energy in town, it’s probably no coincidence that our latest exercise in pushing the boundaries of online mapping would tend towards the, well, combustible side of things. We’ve pulled together the latest in web browser capabilities and layered them on top of toner-lines from Citytracking, and it’s called Burningmap.

Here’s Black Rock City:

It works in New York as well:

And pretty much anywhere else in the world you’d like to point it. Enjoy!

Published: 08.21.12
Updated: 09.20.22

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