Maps

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

Where people go to and from work

Maps / commute

With an animated take on the commute map, Mark Evans shows where people…
National drug overdose epidemic

Maps / animation, drugs, Guardian, health

Nadja Popovich for the Guardian delves into America’s drug overdose epidemic, starting with…
Bot automatically generates maps from American Community Survey data

Maps / bot, Census Bureau, Twitter

The American Community Survey is an ongoing survey run by the United States…
Algorithms for the Traveling Salesman Problem visualized

Maps / algorithms, animation, traveling salesman

The Traveling Salesman Problem is a popular puzzle that asks for the shortest…
Global shipping in a narrated interactive map

Maps / narrative, shipping

We’ve seen maps for global shipping routes before, but this project — Ship…
Slavery in the United States, by decade

Maps / slavery

Mapping slavery from a historical perspective is a challenge, because many old maps…
School district spending per student

Maps / education, spending

NPR is running a series on spending and school districts and all its…
Every Kobe Bryant shot charted

Maps / basketball, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Times

In celebration of Kobe Bryant’s final game, the Los Angeles Times charted all…
US surveillance flight paths for the FBI and Homeland Security

Maps / BuzzFeed, government, privacy, surveillance

Peter Aldhous and Charles Seife dug into flight path data, specifically looking for…
Flyover Country app tells you about the ground beneath as you fly

Maps / app, flying, GPS

Before your next flight, road trip, or hike, download the Flyover Country app…
Changing river path seen through satellite images

Maps / environment, river, satellite

Sedimentary geologist Zoltan Sylvester downloaded Landsat data using Earth Explorer and strung together…
Coastline across the ocean, from where you’re standing

Maps / Andy Woodruff, coastline

A couple of years ago, Eric Odenheimer wondered: If you stand on the…
Regional news coverage around the world

Maps / Google, news

Popular news topics change depending on where you are, as what’s important to…
Send map tiles to 3-D printer

Maps / 3-D printing, Mapzen, OpenStreeMap

Mapzen, which offers a vector tile service, made Tile Exporter, so that you…
Hurricane simulations show severe flooding in Houston

Maps / hurricane, ProPublica, Texas Tribune

In 2008, Hurricane Ike blew just past the Houston Ship Channel, “home to…
Cell reception on the subway, mapped

Maps / mobile, New York, subway

Daniel Goddemeyer and Dominikus Baur grew interested in cell reception while on the…
Wind prediction and potential power

Maps / Moritz Stefaner, uncertainty, weather, wind

As we use up current energy resources, it grows more important to look…
Satellite time-lapse of Earth

Maps / globe, satellite

Charlie Loyd, who works with satellite imagery at Mapbox, put together a 12-second…

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