Maps
Intuitive to look at spatial patterns and great for distributing geographic data.
Sprawling flood waters across the Midwest and South
The New York Times mapped the slow, wide-reaching flood waters this year so…
Looking at the Amazon fires wrong
For The Washington Post, Sergio Peçanha and Tim Wallace use maps to show…
What that hurricane map means
For The New York Times, Alberto Cairo and Tala Schlossberg explain the cone…
Map shows long-term record of fires around the world
For the NASA Earth Observatory, Adam Voiland describes about two decades of fires:…
Cartogram of where presidential candidates campaign
Presidential candidates campaign harder in some states more than others. National Popular Vote…
Where and why the Amazon rainforest is on fire
For Bloomberg, Mira Rojanasakul and Tatiana Freitas discuss why the Amazon rainforest is…
Detected fires in the Amazon rain forest, monthly
The New York Times goes with monthly small multiples to show detected fires…
How an earthquake can trigger others on the opposite side of the world
Speaking of earthquakes, Will Chase looked back at a 2012 earthquake in Sumatra…
Imaging Earth on the daily
Over the past four years, Planet deployed 293 satellites in low orbit to…
Gerry, a font based on gerrymandered congressional districts
Gerry uses congressional district boundaries as letters. Hahahahaha. Oh wait.…
Maps of the movies and their characters
Andrew DeGraff painted maps that show the geography in movies and their characters’…
Searching for the densest square kilometer in different cities
Based on data from Gridded Population of the World, geographer Garrett Dash Nelson…
Airport runway orientation reveals wind patterns
Airport runways orient certain directions that correlate with wind direction in the area.…
The role of cartography in early global explorations
For Lapham’s Quarterly, Elizabeth Della Zazzera turns back the clock to maps used…