The Fark Map is a map full of all the recent news stories detailed up on Fark
Click here or on the image of the map for the full-screen map.
This is only the first prototype of a series of maps I’m trying to make utilizing stories from the Fark main page. What I’m trying to do is utilize Google Maps to help catalog current Fark events. For now the process is manual, since I’m trying to be as precise as possible. We’ll have to see what happens when it gets larger.
Hopefully this’ll make it easier for fans of Fark and those looking for the funniest news of the day more easily. Here’s the description of how the categories are bunched up:
Stories Key
Dumbass: Blue Marker
FAIL: Blue Marker w/o dot
Stupid: Blue Pin
Cool: Sky Blue Marker
Caption: Sky Blue Marker w/o dot
Spiffy: Sky Blue Pin
Scary: Purple Marker
Strange: Purple Pin
Weird: Green Marker
Followup: Green Marker w/o dot
Sappy: Green Pin
Interesting: Red Marker
Unlikely: Red Marker w/o dot
Asinine: Red Pin
Amusing: Light Red Marker
Ironic: Light Red Marker w/o dot
Sad: Light Red Pin
Hero: Flag Marker
Florida: Sunshine Marker
Obvious: Yellow Marker
Silly: Yellow Marker w/o dot
Sick: Yellow Pin
PSA: Information button
Photoshop/Caption: Camera
News: Television
The next step will probably be to separate the maps into categories so people can find events based on the event they’re looking for. This is far from a perfect project but I think it’s a pretty good start.
Two main ideas I have right now:
- Separating the maps by day, finding a way to combine them into one.
- Separating the maps by category, allowing the users to filter the events they want to see.
If you guys have any ideas how I can improve this, just comment away or shoot me an email: ramanujanredux at gmail dot com.
