Using satellite data and spatial models, researchers estimate human influence in the ocean.…
Maps
Intuitive to look at spatial patterns and great for distributing geographic data.
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X-Ray of the oceans
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Mapping death in America, 1980 to 2014
Nationwide mortality data relies on death certificates, and when cause of death is…
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California looks green again
In case you didn’t hear, California had a bit of a drought problem…
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Shift in world’s night lights
NASA recently released composite images of the Earth at night based on 2016…
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New images of Earth at night
NASA just released a composite map of the world at night using satellite…
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Listen to soundtrack based on FedEx shipment tracking
FedEx (yes, the shipping company) put up an interactive piece that audiolizes a…
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National precinct map
Mapping at the precinct level of detail is tough because there isn’t a…
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Compare your commute time to others
Commuting sucks. Here’s a straightforward map to compare how much or less your…
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All major meteor showers, as seen from space
There are a lot of meteoroids circling around in space. Ian Webster visualized…
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Conflicted public opinion about global warming
Based on estimates from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, The New…
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Penrose map binning
Cartographer Daniel Huffman tried out Penrose tiling for binning in maps:
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Scale of Aleppo against Berlin and London
A lot of people around the world including myself don’t quite understand the…
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Find a safe bike route with this map
Spring is in the air in a lot of places, and that means…
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Republicans’ health care plan compared against Obamacare
Based on estimates from the Kaiser Family Foundation, Kevin Quealy and Margot Sanger-Katz…
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Bomb threats to Jewish Community Centers
Ken Schwencke and Al Shaw from ProPublica with a set of straightforward maps…
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Bill Paxton tribute through storm spotters’ GPS coordinates
Bill Paxton, who played a storm chaser in Twister, died on Sunday. To…
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Oil and gas wells in the United States
Tim Meko and Laris Karklis for The Washington Post take a dive into…
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xkcd: Projecting country borders by time zone
Time zones are odd sometimes.…