Hawt. [Tokyotek via @datapointed]…
Maps
Intuitive to look at spatial patterns and great for distributing geographic data.
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Giant globe display
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Map your Twitter friends
You’d think that this would’ve been done by now, but this simple mashup…
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Patterns of daily life in Netherlands from Above
In a similar fashion to their work in Britain from Above, CGI and…
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Abstract maps of the United States
Esquire invited a handful of map-makers to represent the United States outside its…
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Taxi migration in Manhattan
While we’re on the topic of things moving on a map of changing…
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Animation shows national migration patterns
Even Westvang uses tax return data to visualize migration patterns of 300,000 Norwegians.…
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Bird migration patterns mapped
Birds move. eBird shows us how.
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Mapping the drug wars in Mexico
Diego Valle-Jones maps homicides and trafficking routes in Mexico.
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Understanding Map Projections →
“a trade between distortion, accuracy, and aesthetics” [via]
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Geographic connectedness via Twitter locations
Eric Fischer has mastered the art of making use of geotagged things from…
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High resolution biomass map, at management scale
In 2010, NASA released a map that shows world forest heights. Robert Simmon,…
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Find out what percent you are in
Accompanying an article on the variations of the wealthiest one percent, The New…
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World subway paths at scale
Urban planner Neil Freeman maps the world’s subway systems to scale in a…
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Designing Google Maps
Google Maps is one of Google’s best applications, but the time, energy, and…
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Map of Reddit
Reddit user Laurel Quade mapifies the wonderful world of Reddit. Each country represents…
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Where people are looking for homes
In August 2006, real estate search site Trulia had 609,000 visitors. Five years…
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Hand-crafted wall map of the United States
Seth Stevenson, for Slate Magazine, covers cartographer David Imus’ hand-crafted wall map, which…
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Mapped: Transportation check-ins on foursquare
Transportation check-ins on foursquare. This is from this past Thanksgiving, but relevant again…