Nukemap (stylised in all caps) is an interactive map using Mapbox[1] API and declassified nuclear weapons effects data, created by Alex Wellerstein, a historian of science at the Stevens Institute of Technology who studies the history of nuclear weapons.

[5] A variation of the script, Nukemap3D, featured rough models of mushroom clouds in 3D, scaled to their appropriate sizes.

[8]) The computer simulation of the effects of nuclear detonations has been described both as "stomach-churning" (by Wellerstein himself) and as "the most fun I’ve had with Google Maps since… well, possibly ever" despite the admittedly abjectly grim nature of the subject.

[9] Originally intended in part as a pedagogical device to illustrate the stark difference in scale between fission and fusion bombs,[10] Nukemap went viral in 2013, necessitating a move to new servers.

[citation needed] The Nukemap was a finalist for the National Science Foundation's Visualization Challenge in 2014.