By: Kallie O’Donnell 23andMe is a popular genetic testing website where users can send in some of their saliva and receive a full report of their genetic makeup, including ancestry. The data received ranges in intensity, from “I carry this...
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By Samantha Hinton Out of the calm of her Connecticut countryside residence, graphic artist Paula Scher is anything but peaceful and quiet when painting her lively maps. While playing old movies in the background and saying the lines along with...
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By: Kallie O’Donnell This image was created by cartographer John Nelson as a part of a StoryMap in which he examines the spending habits on wine versus beer per county in the US.  On this map, more vibrant colors represent...
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By Nina Edward This map, from the Peacewall Archive, shows where peace walls in Belfast are still up in 2017. The Troubles was a period of violent conflict from 1969-1998 in Belfast between paramilitary groups and the British military over...
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By Samantha Hinton PEATMAP is an improved global peatland map by Xu et al, 2018. With peatlands’ significant role as carbon sinks within the global carbon cycle, continuing to study and map their extent and distribution will be crucial for...
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by James Mallinson Visual Capitalist has shared this image by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute giving a visual illustration on relative expenditures by the world’s biggest military spenders. As Visual Capitalist notes, the world’s relatively declining global and international...
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by James Mallinson My Modern Met has shared the work of cartographer and ortho-imaging specialist Sean Conway, and it truly is stunning. Conway uses publicly-available high resolution scans of vintage maps then takes modern elevation data from scientific databases and...
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By Nicole Oveisi  Top Dollar recently put out a study tracking the most popular podcasts around the world (with available data) through a series of infographic maps. As podcasts gain unprecedented popularity among the broader media landscape, these maps give...
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By Nicholas Schmidt The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical tool used to measure the social and economic dimensions of a nation or region. The three key measures used in the HDI are life expectancy, access to education (years...
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By Kelly Young Spring flowers are beginning to bloom and warmer temperatures are arriving across the United States. However, in many parts of the country, Spring did not arrive when originally anticipated. According to a series of maps created by...
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