Maps

As part of his dissertation, Geoff Boeing generated these maps that show one…

Artist Matthew Rangel hikes cross-country and through the mountains, exploring and drawing along…

There was a time when the best way to get a view from…

Sometimes data can look really noisy when you zoom in close, and so…

In planning for the upcoming inauguration, the U.S. military is using a giant…

In some areas of the United States it poured down rain, which caused…

By definition, heartland is some central place of importance of a country. But…

Map who “likes” television shows on Facebook, by ZIP code, and you get…

Nikhil Sonnad for Quartz mapped the top 100,000 words used in tweets. Search…

Shadows cast by buildings affect the feel and flow of a city, and…

This animated visualization from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center shows a model of…

Here’s a fun piece called Radio Garden. It’s exactly what the title says.…

Climate change is doing some weird stuff. What were once rare weather events…

Geography and state borders play a big part in how elections play out…

Geographers Alasdair Rae and Garrett Nelson used commuting data from the American Community…

We’ve seen many one-off projects that show the distortions you get when you…

A few years back, Google released a time-lapse feature in Google Earth that…

I can always find time to enjoy me some minimal maps. Tim Meko…