Maps

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

National Broadband Map shows how connected your community is

To encourage the integration of broadband and information technology into local economies, the…

City traffic visualized as blood vessels

Pedro Cruz puts a twist on the traditional map approach to visualize traffic…

Adults with college degrees, over time

The Chronicle of Higher Education lets you explore the percentage of adults with…

What your state is the worst at – United States of shame

In a survey of rankings from a variety of sources, Pleated Jeans maps…

Map: United States of surnames

Mina Liu and Oliver Uberti for National Geographic examine the most common surnames…

Map of scientific collaboration between researchers

In the spirit of the well-circulated Facebook friendship map by Paul Butler, research…

Where people swear in the United States

Cartographer Daniel Huffman has a look at swearing in the United States, according…

Open thread: Is this map too confusing?

This map, a collaboration between Good and Gregory Hubacek, shows three metrics from…

Haiti’s earthquake in context

Haiti’s earthquake in 2010 was by far the most devastating in a long…

Aerial photos of destruction in Haiti, one year later

In memory of the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti one year ago on…

Mapping and documenting a year of travels

Cartographer Andy Woodruff documents all the places he goes, resulting in the pretty…

Football supporter map of London

Map of London colored by what team the majority supports. Not much of…

Our changing world in cartograms

In this series of interactive cartograms, FedEx shows our changing world (and I…

Map of North American English dialects and subdialects

Rick Aschmann has made a hobby out of studying and mapping North American…

Old map shows slavery in the United States

In 1864, drawing on the most recent 1860 Census data, the United States…

MacGyver guide on how to use a map

You might think that the only use for a map is to find…

Mapping demographics of every block and city in America

Government data technology has felt behind the times the past few years with…

Filling in the black holes of the Facebook friendship map

While it was fun looking at the worldwide connections on Facebook, I thought…