By: Nicholas Schmidt   Reuters recently published a map, accompanied by graphics, of the travel routes of Antarctica’s  icebergs. Detailed in blue are the paths that icebergs follow after breaking away from the continent.  One iceberg, in this case, is...
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By Katie Cann When the COVID-19 pandemic had taken hold in the United States, Bloomberg’s CityLab launched a competition for its readers: create the map that defines your life during the coronavirus crisis. The original call went out in April,...
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By Nicole Oveisi Located in the central Pacific Ocean, the Republic of Kiribati is a remote island nation comprising 33 islands. The islands are spread out along the equator covering a large portion of the Pacific, however if you were...
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By Conor White Map Your Idea is an exciting platform that brings the general public a way to easily create crowdsourced and community maps. The idea began when four friends produced a crowdsourced map of socially distant trick-or-treat spots in...
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By Conor White With the holiday season upon us, this week’s Map of the Week looks at the significant changes detected in the amount and distribution of artificial lighting during the holiday season in North America. A study, by a...
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By Nicole Oveisi Reuters recently put together interactive graphics explaining the evergreen economy. Last year, over 26 million evergreen trees were sold in the United States for the holiday season, making evergreen production a $2 billion industry. According to the...
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By Nicole Oveisi Queering the Map is an online, crowd-sourced mapping project that geolocates queer moments in space. Its purpose is to collectively document spaces where queer memories have occurred. The project aims to move away from the notion that...
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By Conor White The history of the British Empire and colonialism allowed for the English language to spread to all four corners of the globe where it is now spoken natively by the majority of the population in the United...
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By Conor White National responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have caused global social and economic disruption with authorities worldwide implementing travel restrictions, lockdowns, workplace hazard controls, and facility closures. Although many international borders closed over the course of 2020, most...
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By Nicole Oveisi The New York Times created an interactive visualization and map of the world’s most polluted airs by tiny particulate matter. Users may choose their city to visualize, while comparing and contrasting to majorly polluted areas worldwide. For...
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