Street Names - As Ranked by the Internet
Streetnames by Elo is a fascinating interactive map which colours streets according to how highly the internet rates the people, places or things they are named after. The map combines OpenStreetMap's `name:etymology:wikidata` tags with EloEverything's crowd-sourced Elo rankings to create a surprisingly revealing view of the world's street names. EloEverything asks users to choose which of two randomly selected things they prefer, building an Elo rating for everything from the Sun to headaches. By matching those ratings to OpenStreetMap's street etymology data, Streetnames by Elo turns road networks into a colour-coded map of collective internet opinion. The results range from the predictable to the absurd. Streets named after universally popular concepts, such as the Sun or schools, appear bright green, while roads named after unpopular figures or unfortunate concepts sink into deep reds. Exploring the map quickly throws up some interesting results. Streets named ...
