Maps
Intuitive to look at spatial patterns and great for distributing geographic data.
Growth of cities, going back 6,000 years
Meredith Reba, Femke Reitsma and Karen C. Seto compiled a dataset of urban…
Where people go to and from work
With an animated take on the commute map, Mark Evans shows where people…
National drug overdose epidemic
Nadja Popovich for the Guardian delves into America’s drug overdose epidemic, starting with…
Bot automatically generates maps from American Community Survey data
The American Community Survey is an ongoing survey run by the United States…
Algorithms for the Traveling Salesman Problem visualized
The Traveling Salesman Problem is a popular puzzle that asks for the shortest…
Global shipping in a narrated interactive map
We’ve seen maps for global shipping routes before, but this project — Ship…
Slavery in the United States, by decade
Mapping slavery from a historical perspective is a challenge, because many old maps…
School district spending per student
NPR is running a series on spending and school districts and all its…
Every Kobe Bryant shot charted
In celebration of Kobe Bryant’s final game, the Los Angeles Times charted all…
US surveillance flight paths for the FBI and Homeland Security
Peter Aldhous and Charles Seife dug into flight path data, specifically looking for…
Flyover Country app tells you about the ground beneath as you fly
Before your next flight, road trip, or hike, download the Flyover Country app…
Changing river path seen through satellite images
Sedimentary geologist Zoltan Sylvester downloaded Landsat data using Earth Explorer and strung together…
Coastline across the ocean, from where you’re standing
A couple of years ago, Eric Odenheimer wondered: If you stand on the…
Regional news coverage around the world
Popular news topics change depending on where you are, as what’s important to…
Send map tiles to 3-D printer
Mapzen, which offers a vector tile service, made Tile Exporter, so that you…
Hurricane simulations show severe flooding in Houston
In 2008, Hurricane Ike blew just past the Houston Ship Channel, “home to…
Cell reception on the subway, mapped
Daniel Goddemeyer and Dominikus Baur grew interested in cell reception while on the…
