The interactive map below shows the top 15 haunted houses in the country. You can use pan and zoom to navigate to the different sites and view attribute information for each house. The data used to create this map was obtained from...
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Regular mammogram screenings are key for early detection of breast cancer. Early detection of this cancer often leads to successful treatment for patients. The American Cancer Society  provides information about the benefits and potential harms associated with mammography exams. The...
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  October marks Breast Cancer Awareness month.  The map shows the varying rates of women who got breast cancer. Washington D.C.has the highest breast cancer incidence rate at 141.7 and Arkansas has the lowest at  107.7. The National Cancer Institute estimates...
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This map was created in response to a recently written article titled “Geographers Studied Shrinking U.S. Cities for Two Years”.  Check out the article which provides more insight about this...
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September 21st marks World Peace Day. This map shows the 16 active peacekeeping operations of the United Nations. UN Peacekeepers help countries transition from geopolitical strife to peace by offering the countries security and conflict resolution support . To date, the...
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  AGS Scholar Lerone Savage collaborated with Joe Rogers, Jr., Founder and Facilitator of Total Equity Now (TEN), to map reading-related resources in Harlem. Total Equity Now is a volunteer-run nonprofit that promotes educational excellence and equity and empowers local residents...
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Dustin Cable at the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service maps the population distribution of every person in the United States based on the 2010 census along racial and ethnic lines. The resulting map features 308,745,538 dots, each...
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Higher-education information website, eCollegeFinder, mapped the oldest colleges around by state. Check out the list below to find out when the colleges were founded! Via eCollegeFinder Top 10 Oldest States: Massachusetts – Harvard University – 1636 Virginia – College of...
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“The U.S. Census Bureau’s July 1, 2015, population estimates revealed significant differences in population growth by age group, highlighting major impacts of population aging since 2010. There were also differences in state-by-state population growth. For example, more than half of states...
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Which countries are home to the world’s tallest men and women? How about the smallest? How do the height of folks in developed nations compare to those in non-developed nations? The following map created based off of a study conducted...
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