Maps

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

Mile-by-mile map along the path of totality

On April 8, 2024, the moon is going to completely block the sun…

Maps in the wild

For the New York Times, Eve Kahn describes the use of maps outside…

Mapping the crops with the most potential in a changing climate

The climate is changing, which means some crops will fair better or worse…

Where to see the total eclipse

There’s a total eclipse (a real one, not of the heart) happening on…

Rock map of Scotland

Harry Jefferies shared his grandfather’s 30-year project: My grandpa who is 85 started…

Algorithmic road trip to visit a street named after each day of the year

Ben Ashforth set out to visit a street named after a day of…

Map of most common domesticated animals

Based on data from the USDA Census of Agriculture, this map by John…

Local wanderlust

Alastair Humphreys, using a 20 by 20 kilometer map of where he lives,…

World railway map

Usually you see a railway map from a local perspective, because it’s meant…

Cost of a Big Mac at every McDonald’s in the United States

A map, by Pantry & Larder, shows the cost of a Big Mac…

Shifting bird populations

Using data from the crowdsourced database eBird, Harry Stevens mapped the shifts in…

Oceans that all the rivers drain

Rivers drain into oceans. Grasshopper Geography color-coded the rivers in the world by…

Where restaurants serve Asian cuisines in the U.S.

You can find Asian restaurants in most places in the United States, but…

Where it warmed the most in the world

Earth got its hottest year on record in 2023. Based on data from…

Snow drought

A warming climate has meant less snow in the northern hemisphere, which is…

Map with a receipt printer

Aaron Koelker used a receipt printer to print a six-foot long map of…

Repairing Panama Canal water levels

For Bloomberg, Peter Millard and Michael D. McDonald report on the efforts to…

World map of illustrated animals

During a three-year span, Anton Thomas illustrated a world map of 1,642 animals…