Cartograms in D3. Way smooth and interactive.
Maps
Intuitive to look at spatial patterns and great for distributing geographic data.
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50 years of Rolling Stones tours
CartoDB mapped every Rolling Stones tour from 1963 to 2007.
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Los Angeles Fire Department response times
Ben Welsh, Robert Lopez, and Kate Linthicum for the Los Angeles Times analyzed…
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FIFA development work around the world →
Studio NAND and Moritz Stefaner, along with Jens Franke explore FIFA development programs…
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Beautiful interactive tour of the galaxy
In a beautiful rendition of the galaxy, Google visualized 100,000 stars, starting at…
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Mapping racist tweets
After seeing this post that highlights racist tweets after the election, Floating Sheep…
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Maps before maps
Amanda Uren has a fun collection of map-like scans from the 11th century.…
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2012 political donations mapped over time
Following their animated and narrated visualization on political contributions over time, VisPolitics maps…
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Sandy aftermath: Power outages and flooding →
The New York Times provides a detailed look at the Sandy aftermath, across…
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Browse elections data back to 1976 with Electionary app
Electionary, the new iPad app from TargetPoint Consulting, lets you browse national election…
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Hurricane tracker for Sandy
The New York Times has an updated version of their hurricane tracker up…
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Insisting on beautiful maps
In the Atlas of Design, published by the North American Cartographic Information Society,…
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Tracking homicides in Washington, D.C. →
In a multipart special report, The Washington Post investigated homicides in the nation’s…
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Solar energy potential, mapped in Cambridge →
Sustainable Design Lab at MIT and MoDe Studio estimated the potential hotspots for…
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State of polar bear populations →
There are an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears in the world, and…
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Game: Match states on a blank map →
In case you’re interested in learning how much you suck at US state…
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Global cloud coverage
In the latest Chrome experiment, Google mapped cloud coverage around the world in…
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Bike patterns
Jo Wood, a professor of visual analytics, visualized five million bike rides using…