Maps

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

London Underground rent map

In a straightforward map, Jason Allen for Thrillist replaced station names on the…

City layouts in 3-D

They look like little cardboard cutouts.

Way more trees than previously thought, new estimates show

There are a lot of trees on this planet.

Maps to understand tennis

Damien Saunder, a cartographer at ESRI, likes to use mapping methods to evaluate…

Immigrant America

A dot density map showing one dot for every 20 immigrants.

Square mile grid-ness of the United States

Named after the grid system Thomas Jefferson used to apportion land acquired through…

Live cyber attack map

Norse monitors cyber attacks in real-time. This is their map of what’s going…

Subway complaints by station

This map of subway complaints in Madrid isn't geographically relevant to me, but the encoding scheme is interesting.

Nuclear detonations from 1945 to present

There have been over 2,000 nuclear detonations since 1945. Orbital Mechanics mapped each…

Mapped: Solar energy and savings if you got panels

Punch in your address. See how much you could save, based on a variety of data sources.

Disappearing Arctic reflected in National Geographic maps

In the most recent update to their atlas coming in September, National Geographic…

Possible float routes for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went down a year ago, and with recently found…

Exploding nation of poverty

Poverty is on the rise. Justin Palmer mapped it for major cities in…

United States electricity map

The Washington Post mapped power plants in the United States by type and…

Million dollar blocks and the cost of incarceration

Incarceration costs a lot of money. We know this, sort of. But how…

Map of literary road trips

Ever wanted to follow in the footsteps of a famous writer or literary…

Hand-drawn map boundaries

You’ve probably seen those “maps” where people from other countries draw the United…

Swear maps

Linguist Jack Grieve posted a bunch of maps that show swearing geographically, based…