Maps

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

Maps of where federal employees work

Maps / employment, government, New York Times

When you think about people who work for the U.S. federal government, you…
Comic Sans map

Maps / Comic Sans, Vole.wtf

The Comic Sans Map by Vole.wtf is proof that if you make enough…
Snake (the game) on a globe

Maps / Engaging Data, game, Snake

The goal of Snake is to direct a snake towards food, and each…
Asymmetric Monstrosity map projection

Maps / Daniel Huffman, projections

Part amusement and part learning exercise, the “asymmetric monstrosity” by Daniel Huffman is…
Reach of a deadly wildfire in South Korea

Maps / Reuters, satellite imagery, South Korea, wildfire

South Korea experienced its largest and most deadly wildfire last month in Uiseong…
NYC subway map updated with a diagrammatic style

Maps / New York, subway

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York is rolling out an updated subway…
Economic impact of federal health research cuts

Maps / funding, government, health, research

The Science & Community Impacts Mapping Project (SCIMap) estimates the impact of proposed…
Turn map locations to slide puzzles

Maps / Ahmad Barclay, OpenStreetMap, puzzle

Any Map Puzzle by Ahmad Barclay lets you search for a location and…
Map of daylight gained in spring

Maps / Axios, daylight, spring

Spring officially started last week here in the Northern Hemisphere. For Axios, Jacque…
Rail transit and population density

Maps / population, transit

In some cities, a large percentage of the population has access to public…
Shifts in German election

Maps / election, Germany, New York Times

German voters shifted away from the left in their general election this past…
Gulf of wherever you want

Maps / Gulf of Mexico, MapQuest

Most of the major map providers changed the name. MapQuest had a different…
Golphe du Mexique, 1765

Maps / Gulf of Mexico, history

After a gulf rename, I got to browsing some historical maps. Jacques Nicolas…
Gulf of Mexico changes to Gulf of America

Maps / geography, Google Maps, Gulf of Mexico, rename, USGS

The Gulf of Mexico has been renamed to the Gulf of America in…
Flight map shows firefighting efforts

Maps / Esri, firefight, flight, FlightAware, Peter Atwood, wildfire

To contain the fires in Los Angeles, aircraft flew back and forth to…
Mapping the American Airlines and Army helicopter collision

Maps / crash, flight, Washington Post

The Washington Post mapped the flight paths leading up to the collision over…
Fastest-growing and most destructive fires

Maps / Reuters, speed, wildfire

Using satellite data, researchers analyzed the growth rate of 60,000 fires in the…
Astoria, not the single-parent capital of America

Maps / Kindergarten Cop, parenthood, single, Washington Post

In Kindergarten Cop, one of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s greatest works, a mother welcomes the…

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