Maps

Intuitive to look at spatial patterns and great for distributing geographic data.

Where to see the total eclipse

Maps / Bloomberg, eclipse

There’s a total eclipse (a real one, not of the heart) happening on…
Rock map of Scotland

Maps / geology, Harry Young, physical, Scotland

Harry Jefferies shared his grandfather’s 30-year project:
My grandpa who is 85 started…
Algorithmic road trip to visit a street named after each day of the year

Maps / algorithm, Ben Ashforth, OpenStreetMap, road trip

Ben Ashforth set out to visit a street named after a day of…
Map of most common domesticated animals

Maps / animals, domestic, John Johnson

Based on data from the USDA Census of Agriculture, this map by John…
Local wanderlust

Maps / Guardian, local, travel

Alastair Humphreys, using a 20 by 20 kilometer map of where he lives,…
World railway map

Maps / transit, transportation, Zhaoxu Sui

Usually you see a railway map from a local perspective, because it’s meant…
Cost of a Big Mac at every McDonald’s in the United States

Maps / Big Mac, cost, McDonald's

A map, by Pantry & Larder, shows the cost of a Big Mac…
Shifting bird populations

Maps / birds, eBird, population, Washington Post

Using data from the crowdsourced database eBird, Harry Stevens mapped the shifts in…
Oceans that all the rivers drain

Maps / drainage, Grasshopper Geography, ocean, rivers

Rivers drain into oceans. Grasshopper Geography color-coded the rivers in the world by…
Where restaurants serve Asian cuisines in the U.S.

Maps / Asian, Pew Research, restaurant

You can find Asian restaurants in most places in the United States, but…
Where it warmed the most in the world

Maps / climate change, global warming, Washington Post

Earth got its hottest year on record in 2023. Based on data from…
Snow drought

Maps / Bloomberg, climate change, drought, snow

A warming climate has meant less snow in the northern hemisphere, which is…
Map with a receipt printer

Maps / Aaron Koelker, receipt, river

Aaron Koelker used a receipt printer to print a six-foot long map of…
Repairing Panama Canal water levels

Maps / Bloomberg, Panama Canal, water

For Bloomberg, Peter Millard and Michael D. McDonald report on the efforts to…
World map of illustrated animals

Maps / animals, Anton Thomas, illustration, New York Times

During a three-year span, Anton Thomas illustrated a world map of 1,642 animals…
High concentration of intrastate pipelines in Texas

Maps / Bloomberg, energy, Texas

By keeping gas pipelines within the state, companies can avoid federal regulations. This…
Life in the Gaza Strip

Maps / Gaza, life, New York Times

The New York Times put together an image of what life is like…
Running out of space to grow food

Maps / agriculture, Associated Press, population

For Associated Press, Christina Larson and Nicky Forster examined the growing population and…

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