Maps

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

Households that lost income

This straightforward grid map by Danielle Alberti for Axios shows the percentage of…

Map shows US typefaces named after cities in their geographic location

For The Statesider, Andy Murdock wondered how many typefaces are named after American…

First unified geologic map of the moon

The USGS released a unified geologic map of the moon on a 1:5,000,000-scale…

Flow of prison population

In a collaboration between The Marshall Project and The Upshot, Anna Flagg and…

Animated map for total coronavirus deaths over time

For The New York Times, Lazaro Gamio and Karen Yourish use an animated…

Maps of grounded flights after Covid-19

As you would expect, not many people are flying these days. The Washington…

Particle flows show how the coronavirus ramped up

Using a combination of estimates based on cell phone movements and outbreak size,…

Deer crossing across highway corridors

With the climate changing, animals will need to migrate to different areas to…

Hospital bed occupancy

Using estimates from the Harvard Global Health Institute, The Upshot mapped what hospital…

Map of all the trees and forests

EarthArtAustralia mapped all of the trees and forests in the United States, based…

Map shows how NASA satellites collect global rain data

We can download data as a single snapshot in a single file, but…

Canceled flights due to coronavirus

With an animated side-by-side map, The New York Times shows canceled flights in…

Forgotten map types

Geographer Tim Wallace likes to look at old maps, and is particularly fond…

Good state naming

From @haru_cchii on the Twitter: Local German Gets Bored And Tries To Name…

Mapping the construction of railroads in America

For the Financial Times, Alan Smith and Steven Bernard traced the history of…

Geography of FM radio

So get this. There are these things called radio stations that broadcast music…

Make a streets map of anywhere in the world

Following up on his mini-app to draw ridgeline maps for elevation, Andrei Kashcha…

Can’t find Iran on a map

Based on a Morning Consult/Politico survey, most people don’t know where Iran is:…