Maps
Intuitive to look at spatial patterns and great for distributing geographic data.
Budweiser Maps Drinkabilty of Bud Light Beer
Yes, watered down and flavorless beer has high drinkability. You know, sort of…
Urban Heartbeat of European Cities – Urban Mobs
During major events, people use their mobile phones to share their emotions: the…
Because It’s Friday
Have a good weekend all. I’ll be getting buried in the expected 12…
Navigate Articles, Photos, and Video from Around the Globe
The Washington Post recently put up TimeSpace: World, which is an interactive map…
Explore and Analyze Geographic Data with UUorld
UUorld (pronounced “world”) is a 4-dimensional mapping tool that lets you explore geographic…
Guess What State Searches for ‘Poo’ the Most – StateStats
StateStats is like Google Insights but on a state level. Type in a…
Visualization Projects from Database City – Visualizar’08
This is a guest post by Greg J. Smith, a Toronto-based designer and…
Neighborhood Boundaries with Flickr Shapefiles
Neighborhood Boundaries by Tom Taylor uses Flickr Shapefiles and Yahoo! Geoplanet “to show…
Facebook Friend Activity Seen Around the World
Palantir, by Jack Lindamood, Kevin Der, and Dan Weatherford of Facebook, visualizes friend…
US Oil Doesn’t Come From Where You Think it Does
Where do you think the US imports the most oil from? Most of…
Cotton Picking Correlates to President Picking
The U.S. election is over. The post-election analyses begin. The above map shows…
Alternative to Cartograms Using Transparency
The thing about cartograms is that it’s hard to make out what you’re…
Maps and Cartograms of 2008 Presidential Election
Cartograms got a lot of coverage in 2004 when Michael Gastner, Cosma Shalizi,…
European Economic Weather Map – Sudden Change in Outlook
In this map from the Financial Times, the state of Europe’s economy is…
Map Shows Newspaper Endorsements in US Presidential Election
Philip, from infochimps, maps newspaper endorsements using data from the Editor & Publisher’s…
United States Poverty Rates From 1980 to 2007
Thousands of bloggers are taking the time to discuss a single topic today…
Commercial Air Traffic Seen Around the World
This computer simulation (video below) by Zhaw shows worldwide commercial flights over a…
Maps for Advocacy – Beginner’s Guide to Mapping
In a follow up to Visualizing Information for Advocacy, the Tactical Technology Collective…