Maps
Intuitive to look at spatial patterns and great for distributing geographic data.
Five years of Kiva lending and borrowing
Kiva, the microfinance site, lets you give small loans to people around the…
Getting around Chicago in 30 minutes or less
When you’re deciding on a place to live in a new place, it’s…
Growth of newspapers across the United States
The Rural West Initiative and the Bill Lane Center for the American West…
Find popular places to stay with Google Hotel Finder
When you’re picking a hotel to stay at in an area you don’t…
US post offices spreading over time, 1700 to 1900
Using data from the USPS Postmaster Finder and the USGS Geographic Names Information…
Fly through a survey of the universe
Paul Bourke, a research professor at the University of Western Australia, provides us…
Digital spotlights on landmarks
Think about when you take a picture of something. It’s kind of like…
If the world lived in a single city
World population is estimated to be 6.9 billion people, and while that is…
Data reenactment via stolen iPhone
Remember when Joshua Koffman was posting pictures of the guy who had this…
iPhone fireflies across the Europen sky
A few months ago there was a lot of hoopla around the iPhone…
Netflix favorites by location
If you have Netflix, you know that there’s a section for local favorites,…
Community connections via SMS and phone call data
We often think of communities in the framework of government-set boundaries, but relationships…
Flickr and Twitter mapped together – See Something or Say Something?
For all the maps by Eric Fischer I’ve posted, it’s amazing how little…