Maps - Chart Porn

Sending directions to a party? Want to embed a funky map somewhere? Bing now offers “Destination maps” that look like a choice of four stylistic hand drawings. The production interface is a little clunky, and the result doesn’t appear to allow for quick access to directions, but I think the result is pretty cool. Apparently this is only one of Bing’s new “Map Apps” (click on the button at the bottom of that page)

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New Haiti Satellite Pictures

In: Culture Environment/weather Maps

20 Jan 2010

Google has released a series of higher quality satellite pictures taken on Jan 17th. Crazy resolution of the destruction.

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Understanding Haiti’s Earthquakes

In: Environment/weather Maps Science

20 Jan 2010

Thanks to Sean Speer for pointing it out.

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BRICs 2007-14

In: Emerging Markets Global Economy Interactive Maps Source: FT US Economy

17 Jan 2010

Forecasts for economic growth.

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Haiti

In: Culture Environment/weather Global Economy Maps Science Source: NYT Source: USA Today Source: Washington Post Source: WSJ

15 Jan 2010

Crazy amount of damage. and Haiti wasn’t in very good shape to start with. I’ll keep adding finds to this same post as I come across them.

I kept hearing that the shipping port was out of commission and was wondering what exactly that meant. Here it is. (via Washington Post print edition)

Damage zone and location of aftershocks :

Faultlines, cities, population density, shaking:

Annotated map:

Zoomable satellite map of Port-au-Prince from 10:30 Wednesday:

NYT side-by-side before and after satellite pictures:

Map of logistical challenges hampering relief efforts:

Earthquake primer with details on Haiti’s plates:

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Languages

In: Culture Interactive Maps

13 Jan 2010

Maps of the different languages spoken in the USA. Via a discussion at Sociological Images which also critiques the methodology a bit.

Spanish:

French:

English:

You can also do side-by-side comparisons. French vs Spanish in New York:

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The Earth

In: Maps Science

10 Jan 2010

As much as I dislike pie charts, I like the simple information here and the popup detail mediates somewhat the radial perception issues.

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Netflix Map

In: Culture Interactive Maps Source: NYT

10 Jan 2010

Most rented and least rented movies in major metro areas. Roll over to view details by zipcode. Clearly contains some errors though. Benjamin Button was No1 and True Blood season 1 was 47? Thanks to Jack Lucky for pointing it out.

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2010 House Elections

In: Interactive Maps News Media Politics

8 Jan 2010

The infamous election maps begin to spawn… This one includes fairly detailed analysis of the close races.

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Overlapping Management

In: Employment Finance Interactive Maps Stock Market

7 Jan 2010

The overlapping memberships of 15 Fortune 500 board members. (From 2008) The site allows construction of all kinds of people-maps (bands, funerals, etc).

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Climate Wizard

In: Environment/weather Interactive Maps Science

6 Jan 2010

Take a look at temperature changes over the past 50 years, then select from several different models to simulate changes for the next 100. Produced by the Nature Conservancy, University of Washington, and University of Southern Mississippi, the amount of detail and explanation is welcome versus some of the more popular projection maps out there. (via)