Maps
Intuitive to look at spatial patterns and great for distributing geographic data.
What happened to Japantown in San Francisco when residents were forced out by executive order
In 1942, Franklin Delano Roosevelt mandated that those of Japanese descent be sent…
People movements during the eclipse
As you might expect, the path of totality brought increased activities as people…
Airbnb occupancy along the eclipse path
Maybe you heard there’s a total eclipse happening today. AirDNA mapped Airbnb occupancy…
Mapping NBA basketball shots
Alasdair Rae outlines the basics of visualizing basketball shot data with QGIS, an…
Using satellite imagery to tell stories
Satellite imagery on its own can be limited in what it can say…
Mile-by-mile map along the path of totality
On April 8, 2024, the moon is going to completely block the sun…
Mapping the crops with the most potential in a changing climate
The climate is changing, which means some crops will fair better or worse…
Rock map of Scotland
Harry Jefferies shared his grandfather’s 30-year project:
My grandpa who is 85 started…
Algorithmic road trip to visit a street named after each day of the year
Ben Ashforth set out to visit a street named after a day of…
Map of most common domesticated animals
Based on data from the USDA Census of Agriculture, this map by John…
Local wanderlust
Alastair Humphreys, using a 20 by 20 kilometer map of where he lives,…
Cost of a Big Mac at every McDonald’s in the United States
A map, by Pantry & Larder, shows the cost of a Big Mac…
Shifting bird populations
Using data from the crowdsourced database eBird, Harry Stevens mapped the shifts in…
Oceans that all the rivers drain
Rivers drain into oceans. Grasshopper Geography color-coded the rivers in the world by…
Where restaurants serve Asian cuisines in the U.S.
You can find Asian restaurants in most places in the United States, but…