Maps
Intuitive to look at spatial patterns and great for distributing geographic data.
Google maps street-level air quality using Street View cars with sensors
Google equipped their Street View cars with air quality sensors and sent them…
Cities projected to be under water by 2100
Using Climate Central sea-level rise estimates, The Guardian plots and maps the potential…
A study of the geographic forms in cartography
Cartographer Geraldine Sarmiento from Mapzen explores the drawing forms in cartography, such as…
Mapping happiness
Gallup surveyed Americans about their well-being across various factors. National Geographic gets into…
Map of Santa Rosa fires
Using both satellite images and ground surveys, The New York Times maps the…
US electricity sources map
This interactive map from CarbonBrief shows how America generates electricity. Each circle represents…
Darkness mapped in Puerto Rico
Three weeks in, much of Puerto Rico is still without power. Denise Lu…
Time map shows locations based on how long it takes to get there
With the premise that we often search for locations based on how long…
Thermal structure of Hurricane Maria
Hurricane Maria touched down in Puerto Rico. This visualization by Joshua Stevens at…
Aviation tracker with depth
I’ve grown bored of maps that show commuter traffic, but for whatever reason,…
Tour of Saturn through Cassini, the satellite that crashes on Friday
About two decades ago, the Cassini satellite headed towards Saturn and has been…
Landsat satellite imagery browser
Downloading and viewing satellite imagery is a bit of a process. There are…
Mortgages in terms of years of working life
Buying a house is often confusing and complex, compounded by a dollar sign…
Thirty years of floods
Based on data from the Dartmouth Flood Observatory, Lazaro Gamio for Axios mapped…
Flights passing through the shadow of the sun
Here’s a neat one by John Muyskens for The Washington Post. Using data…