We’ve seen plenty of maps the past few weeks that show how bad…
Maps
Intuitive to look at spatial patterns and great for distributing geographic data.
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Places in the US with the most pleasant days per year
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Digitally revamped atlas of historical geography, from 1932
In 1932, Charles O. Paullin and John K. Wright published Atlas of the…
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Amount of snow to cancel school
Someone ended an email to me last week with “Stay warm.” Not to…
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Public transit times in major cities
Last year, WNYC made an interactive map that shows transit times in New…
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A century of passenger air travel →
Kiln and the Guardian explored the 100-year history of passenger air travel, and…
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Map projections illustrated with a face
Most people, at least those who visit sites like FlowingData, know about map…
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A visual exploration of refugee migrations
Hyperakt and Ekene Ijeoma visualized migrations over time and space in The Refugee…
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Military footprint
Similar to his collection of prison map snapshots, Josh Begley collected images of…
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Earth wind map
Remember the wind map of the United States by Martin Wattenberg and Fernanda…
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Uncertain cartographies
Most people know the layout of their neighborhoods and some are good with…
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What Antarctica looks like underneath the ice
Based largely on satellite data and the results of an airborne data collection…
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Climate change described visually
A video from the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme explains global warming and projected changes…
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MiseryMap of current flight delays and cancelations
FlightAware is a live flight tracker that lets you look up a flight…
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Where the public radio is
Andrew Filer mapped the reach of public radio stations in the United Stations,…
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Super ZIP codes →
The Washington Post looked at Super ZIP codes, a classification based on household…
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Global forest change
Hansen, Potapov, Moore, Hancher et al. produced high-resolution maps of global forestry to…
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Running traces
The Endomondo app lets you keep track of your workouts, namely running and…
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Estimated coastlines if the ice melted
National Geographic imagined new coastlines (and the cities that would go under) if…