Maps
Intuitive to look at spatial patterns and great for distributing geographic data.
Abortion policies, over time and by state
For a class project, Katie Kowalsky, Dylan Moriarty, and Robin Tolochko examined changes…
Bivariate choropleth how-to
Your standard choropleth map shows geographic areas colored by a single variable. You’re…
Girl Scout cookies differ by region
The Girl Scouts, known for their annual cookie sales, uses two bakers. These…
Vaccination rates for every kindergarten in California →
The New York Times mapped the vaccination rate for every kindergarten in California.…
Your street name across the country
Here’s a fun searchable map from the New York Times. Enter a street’s…
A century of National Geographic maps
Celebrating the 100th year of the National Geographic cartographic department, they provide a…
3-D model to show free-climb route
Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson are free-climbing almost 3,000 feet up El Capitan,…
Mapped history of how Native American land was taken
In Invasion of America, an animated map shows the loss of land.…
The first photo of the United States by NASA satellite
In 1974, NASA published their first satellite photo of the contiguous United States…
Holiday lights from space
You’ve likely seen the classic globe image that shows Earth at night. It’s…
Make your own detailed tweet maps
Eric Fischer, known around these parts for his detailed dot maps, describes his…
Elemental cartograms
Along the same lines as the scaled Periodic Table, Elemental Cartograms by chemistry…
Tracking global fishing through satellite data
Global Fishing Watch is an initiative to place some accountability on global fishing,…
Senate results maps →
The New York Times pushed out super-detailed, precinct-level maps for the Senate election.…
New York Times mapmakers
When news breaks, maps often accompany stories (or the maps are the story),…
