Maps
Intuitive to look at spatial patterns and great for distributing geographic data.
NFL fans on Facebook, based on likes
As the Super Bowl draws near, Facebook took a look at football fandom…
Ten years of cumulative precipitation
We’ve all seen rain maps for a sliver of time. Screw that. I…
Global temperature rises over past century
New Scientist mapped global temperature change based on a NASA GISTEMP analysis.
The…
Time of travel in the 1800s
From the 1932 Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States, these…
Wood charts reveal layers of underwater world →
Below the Boat produces beautiful laser-cut wood maps:
Starting with a bathymetric chart…
Map of every person counted in 2010 US Census
In the 2010 United States Census, 308,745,538 were counted, and Brandon Martin-Anderson from…
Map: Laconic history of the world
Cartographer Martin Elmer made a truncated history map of the world:
This map…
National Rifle Association grades for Congress members →
The New York Times mapped ratings for members of Congress, as given by…
Emotion of countries mapped →
Max Fisher for the Washington Post mapped country emotion ratings, based on the…
50 years of Rolling Stones tours
CartoDB mapped every Rolling Stones tour from 1963 to 2007.
The Stones passed…
Los Angeles Fire Department response times
Ben Welsh, Robert Lopez, and Kate Linthicum for the Los Angeles Times analyzed…
FIFA development work around the world →
Studio NAND and Moritz Stefaner, along with Jens Franke explore FIFA development programs…
Beautiful interactive tour of the galaxy
In a beautiful rendition of the galaxy, Google visualized 100,000 stars, starting at…
Mapping racist tweets
After seeing this post that highlights racist tweets after the election, Floating Sheep…
2012 political donations mapped over time
Following their animated and narrated visualization on political contributions over time, VisPolitics maps…
Sandy aftermath: Power outages and flooding →
The New York Times provides a detailed look at the Sandy aftermath, across…
