Mapping the world’s immigrants. Compare and contrast with this visualization of global brain drain.
Meanwhile, an economic case for the value of immigrants.
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London’s explosive population change 1801-2011, in an animated GIF. Compare and contrast with a similar visualization in vintage infographics.
Settings of the best picture winners since 1927
Dorothy Gambrell maps the most frequent Craigslist missed connections in each state. Second only to Sophie Blackall’s illustrated missed connections.
Mapping the distribution of higher education in America. Compare and contrast with the distribution of poverty:
After mapping New York City’s dogs and Twitter languages, mapping the city’s coffee and tea consumption
The Guardian data team maps the Twitter languages of NYC – best thing since mapping the dogs of NYC.
Mapping America’s happiest city. It’s no coincidence that the highest reported happiness comes from areas with high walkability.
Mapping LGBT rights in the American workplace.
An 1877 social-satirical map of Europe. Complement with a visual history of maps as power and propaganda.
Rent is too damn high, San Francisco edition – fantastic new tool by Jeff Kaufman renders heatmaps of rent prices in several cities.
Kurt Vonnegut had some thoughts on that.
(↬ Chart Porn)
The West Wing breaks down what’s wrong with maps and why the Gals-Peters Projection is more accurate and less politically biased than the Mercator map we’ve been using for centuries.
Complement with maps as power and propaganda, 100 diagrams that changed the world, and some intentionally distorted maps that make political points.
Amazing Google Maps mashup displaying global light pollution.
