Remember those running maps I made with limited data from RunKeeper? Strava, which…
Maps
Intuitive to look at spatial patterns and great for distributing geographic data.
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Where people bike and run, worldwide
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Music preference by region
Movoto mapped music preference for various genres, across the United States.
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Where nobody lives
We’ve seen the map of where everyone lives. Now here’s the reverse of…
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High-detail maps with Disser
Open data consultancy Conveyal released Disser, a command-line tool to disaggregate geographic data…
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Independent coffee shops and community
As part of the You Are Here project from the MIT Media Lab,…
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Regional macrobrews
FloatingSheep pointed their Twitter geography towards beer (and wine).
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Open access to 20,000 maps from NYPL
The New York Public Library announced open access to 20,000 maps, making them…
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Planetary layer cake
From Cakecrumbs, a product that helps you learn while you eat: planetary layer…
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Centuries of European border changes
The Centennia Historical Atlas is a program that shows you border changes in…
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Smoking rates and income →
Based on a study on smoking prevalence from 1996 to 2012, a map…
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Reconstructing Google Streetview as a point cloud
Patricio Gonzalez Vivo, an MFA Design & Technology student, scraped depth from Google…
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Level of road grid
Seth Kadish looked at the road network of several major counties and estimated…
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Basketball movements visualized
The NBA has been kind of gaga over data the past few years,…
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Solar time versus standard time around the world
After noting the later dinner time in Spain, Stefano Maggiolo noted relatively late…
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Near-real-time global forest watch
Global Forest Watch uses satellite imagery and other technologies to estimate forest usage,…
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Using slime mold to find the best motorway routes
This is all sorts of neat. Researchers Andrew Adamatzky and Ramon Alonso-Sanz are…
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Why we think of north pointing up
Nick Danforth for Al Jazeera delves into the history books for why north…
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Map: US bus and Amtrak routes
In case you’re wondering how to travel the country without a car (in…