Maps
Intuitive to look at spatial patterns and great for distributing geographic data.
Maps of the Seven Deadly Sins
Geographers from Kansas State University map the spatial distribution of the seven deadly…
Here & There: Horizonless Perspective of Manhattan
Jack Schulze provides this horizonless view of Manhattan:
Here & There is a…
Is Your Country Involved in Open Source?
Red Hat, an open source leader best known for their Linux distribution, maps…
Visualizing the United States Power Grid
NPR provides an in depth view of the U.S. electric grid, exploring the…
Jobs Vanish Across Our Country
As a nation, we gained jobs every month during 2007 compared to the…
Geography of Buzz In Los Angeles and New York
Elizabeth Currid (USC) and Sarah Williams (Columbia University), collaborate to map the geography…
Zappos Maps Sales in Real-time
Zappos, the online shoe retailer, maps sales across the United States in real-time.…
24 Hours of Geotagged Photos on Flickr
Daniel Catt from Flickr maps 24 hours worth of geotagged photos (about 64,000…
Make This Sitcom Map More Informative
This map from Dan Meth displays popular sitcoms by where they took place.…
Legal Drinking Age Around the World
While we’re on the topic of beer (it is Friday after all), let’s…
Where Can You Find America’s Best Beer?
Mike Wirth maps medal winners from the Great American Beer Festival from 1987…
Social Weather Mapping From Google Chrome Experiment
In the promotion of its speedy javascript, Google announces the Chrome Experiment. As…
Immigration Explorer Shows Largest Foreign-born Groups Since 1880
Remember our short contest a while back with immigration rates to the United…
How Much Junk Orbits Around the Earth?
You might not realize it, but there’s a lot of junk that orbits…
New York Times Maps Twitter Chatter During Super Bowl
Twitter and maps just go well together. The New York Times maps Super…
Visualizing Twitter as Barack Obama Became the 44th President
On Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 12pm, Barack Obama officially became the 44th…
Animated Map Shows One Year of Edits to OpenStreetMap
I admit it. I’m a sucker for animated maps – especially when there’s…
9 Ways to Visualize Consumer Spending
GOOD Magazine’s most recent infographic (above and below) on consumer spending got me…