Maps
Intuitive to look at spatial patterns and great for distributing geographic data.
Bill Paxton tribute through storm spotters’ GPS coordinates
Bill Paxton, who played a storm chaser in Twister, died on Sunday. To…
Oil and gas wells in the United States
Tim Meko and Laris Karklis for The Washington Post take a dive into…
One square mile in different cities
As part of his dissertation, Geoff Boeing generated these maps that show one…
Mixing cartography and landscape drawing
Artist Matthew Rangel hikes cross-country and through the mountains, exploring and drawing along…
Giant map for inauguration planning
In planning for the upcoming inauguration, the U.S. military is using a giant…
Looking for America’s heartland
By definition, heartland is some central place of importance of a country. But…
U.S. culture through TV show geography
Map who “likes” television shows on Facebook, by ZIP code, and you get…
Where people use certain words
Nikhil Sonnad for Quartz mapped the top 100,000 words used in tweets. Search…
Following the carbon dioxide
This animated visualization from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center shows a model of…
Listen to radio around the globe
Here’s a fun piece called Radio Garden. It’s exactly what the title says.…
Houston flooding on the rise
Climate change is doing some weird stuff. What were once rare weather events…
Random states of America show changing election outcomes
Geography and state borders play a big part in how elections play out…
New region boundaries based on commutes
Geographers Alasdair Rae and Garrett Nelson used commuting data from the American Community…