Maps
Intuitive to look at spatial patterns and great for distributing geographic data.
Where Christmas trees come from
For The Washington Post, Tim Meko and Lauren Tierney:
Before the 1930s, Christmas…
Using old ship logs as a window into the weather in the 1800s
For Reuters, Feilding Cage describes a weather time machine project by NOAA that…
2,774 miles traveled by a lone wolf
From the Voyageurs Wolf Project, a map shows the travels of a lone…
Hours of daylight mapped as a function of latitude and time of year
Reddit user harpalss animated hours of day light by latitude and day of…
Quietest highway route in each state
Geotab made a rough estimate of the quietest route in each state, based…
Map of nighttime lights normalized by population
You’ve probably seen the composite map of lights at night from NASA. It…
Daylight Saving Time gripe assistant tool
In a follow-up to a map from a few years back, Andy Woodruff…
Mapping chemical plants, the pollution around them, and more chemical plants
ProPublica, with The Advocate and The Times-Picayune, estimated chemical concentrations in a highly…
Worst performing circuits mapped with fire risk
This month PG&E has been shutting down power to thousands of households in…
High-resolution satellite image of Kincade fire, up close from far away
I feel like satellite imagery has upped its skillset in recent years. According…
Kincade fire in Sonoma County via satellite imagery
You can see the time-lapsed imagery with this browser. [via @weatherdak]…
Scientology city takeover
For Tampa Bay Times, Tracey McManus and Eli Murray delve into the purchasing…
Fall foliage colors mapped
For The Washington Post, Lauren Tierney and Joe Fox mapped fall foliage colors…
Fixing the ‘impeach this’ map with a transition to a cartogram
As discussed previously, the “impeach this” map has some issues. Mainly, it equates…
Game: How many US cities can you name?
How many US cities can you name? Here’s a quick and fun game…
Street suffixes show the organization of cities
The suffixes on street names can say a lot about a neighborhood. A…
Who owns the most land in the U.S.
Bloomberg News mapped the land owned by the largest owners:
The 100 largest…
