MapLab: Ever Given’s Geography Lesson

The Ever Given was freed from the Suez Canal on March 30, but Garrett Dash Nelson’s Twitter notifications are still jammed. More than a week after launching a viral web app that lets users drag and wedge the gigantic container vessel anywhere in the world, he’s still receiving screenshots from people who’ve joyfully stuffed it into Lake Tahoe, the Klang River, Buckingham Palace and thousands of other places.

“I’ve seen that ship in just about every possible place in the world,” said Nelson. “I actually can’t even pay attention to it anymore.”