Maps

Intuitive to look at spatial patterns and great for distributing geographic data.

Stacking home prices against income

Maps / cost, house, income, New York Times

As a ratio of home prices to household income, the cost of buying…
Effects of El Niño, a map

Maps / climate change, El Niño, New York Times

Raymond Zhong and Harry Stevens, for the New York Times, go with a…
Cartographers review movie maps

Maps / cartography, fiction, movies

John Nelson and Peter Atwood review maps that appeared in movies, such as…
Battle for Hormuz

Maps / Iran, New York Times, ships, Strait of Hormuz

The Strait of Hormuz might be “completely open” for ships to pass through,…
History of mapping the Moon

Maps / cartography, Inverting Vision, moon

For most of history, maps of the Moon were based only on the…
Visual guide to Iran’s coastline and islands at the Strait of Hormuz

Maps / Al Jazeera, Iran, Strait of Hormuz

For Al Jazeera, Mohamed A. Hussein and Mohammed Haddad provide a map of…
Where leaves are emerging and flowers are blooming

Maps / growth, spring, Washington Post

It’s that time of year again when we hear about how the plants…
Gas prices map, by county

Maps / gas, New York Times, prices

Gas prices are high across the U.S., more so in some places than…
First images from Artemis II astronauts

Maps / Artemis II, Earth, NASA, space

The first downlinked images were published by NASA. The best view of Earth’s…
Shadow fleet transporting oil

Maps / Financial Times, oil, shipping

A so-called shadow fleet of tankers transport oil illicitly around the world. They…
History of landscape features

Maps / comic, landscape, xkcd

From xkcd, a map sketch of why the landscape is what it is…
Mapping the unmapped Google Maps city

Maps / Chris Parr, Google Streetview, privacy

In most places, property lines stop at the street, but in North Oaks,…
Africa by Toto with the lyrics switched out for the countries

Maps / Africa, humor, song

You’re probably familiar with the song “Africa” by Toto. This version, by There…
Shades of a lunar eclipse

Maps / eclipse, NASA

There was a total lunar eclipse on March 3, 2026. From Michala Garrison…
Mapping what makes us happy

Maps / Alvin Chang, happiness, Pudding

In 2017, researchers asked study participants via MTurk to list three happy moments…
Oil supply chain slowdown

Maps / New York Times, ships, traffic, war

The New York Times mapped the traffic difference at the Strait of Hormuz,…
Marine traffic through the Strait of Hormus

Maps / ships, traffic, war, Zeit

Normally there is a steady flow of ships through the strait, but when…
Map of countries aligning with China

Maps / China, Guardian, United Nations

Using an analysis from Focaldata, the Guardian used the angled arrow approach to…

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