A Year of Presidential Travel, Mapped

In 2014, President Obama travelled a bewildering over 188,000 miles—at least according to the best estimates of the Washington Post. This maps shows where he went. » 1/23/15 7:15am Friday 7:15am

This Map Shows the Amount of Snow It Takes to Cancel School

Snow days can be nightmares for working parents. Some areas tend to need very little snow to cause a school closing, while in other areas schools don't blink if there's two feet of snow. » 1/20/15 10:30am Tuesday 10:30am

A Map Of The Different Ways People Get To Work All Over America

How did you get to work this morning? Did you hop into your car? Venture down into your city's metro? Flag down a co-worker for a rideshare? Or did you simply open up your laptop and get to work? » 1/20/15 8:45am Tuesday 8:45am

Alongways Mobile Finds Interesting Spots to Stop on Your Road Trip

Android/iOS: Alongways, the service that finds interesting and useful places to stop along your road trip route, just took the wraps off of new mobile apps for iOS and Android that will guide you to interesting sights, places to eat, historic landmarks, and more while you're already on the road—perfect if you'd like a… » 1/20/15 4:30am Tuesday 4:30am

10 Rules For Making Better Fantasy Maps

If you look at the beautifully illustrated fantasy maps on posters, in books, and across the Internet and wish that you could make such incredible pieces of worldbuilding, then you're in luck. We have some guidelines for making your maps better, more beautiful, and easier to understand. » 1/19/15 10:00am 1/19/15 10:00am

The Bizarre, Glitchy Glory of Wiggling 3D-Map Disasters

Remember a couple years ago when everybody was freaking out about the all of the 3D-imaging fuckups in the new Apple Maps? Well, those surreal portrayals of the world we live in, exist in many mapping services. And as one anonymous Tumblr user shows, they're works of art—especially when they wiggle. » 1/19/15 12:38pm 1/19/15 12:38pm

Map: Each State's Most Distinctive Cuisine

Here's a fun map, put together by the Huffington Post using data from Yelp, that shows each state's biggest cuisine outliers. We're all so predictable! » 1/15/15 5:35pm 1/15/15 5:35pm

Google Maps for iOS Adds Weather Info, Better Restaurant Search

iOS: Google pushed out an update to Google Maps that adds a couple handy new features, including a way to filter restaurant searches and a new weather information section for cities you search for. » 1/15/15 12:30pm 1/15/15 12:30pm

10 Territorial Disputes That Mean Your Maps Are Already Wrong

As it stands, there are well over 150 territorial disputes around the globe, some more urgent than others. Here are 10 you need to know about — and that could redefine the world map. » 1/15/15 10:10am 1/15/15 10:10am

Superior Alternatives to Boring Stock iPhone Apps

With every iteration of iOS, Apple tweaks its software a little, but for the most part, the default lineup of apps has remained unchanged since launch. For a lot of us, these apps just aren't cutting it anymore. Here are the best apps to replace them. » 1/15/15 8:00am 1/15/15 8:00am

Maps from the Atlas of Design

The above was created for a children's book and is included in the Second Atlas of Design, which has maps from real and imaginary places in the world. It is a competition where the judges pick 32 of the best maps for lovely book that benefits the North American Cartographic Information Society. And the book is only… » 1/14/15 11:02am 1/14/15 11:02am

6 Reasons to Switch to Nokia's HERE Maps

Whatever flavor of smartphone you're using, chances are you haven't strayed far from the mapping app that came installed as the default. If you're on Android or Windows Phone (iOS coming soon), there's a genuine alternative to consider: HERE maps, developed by Nokia and bringing more features to the table than you… » 1/13/15 1:50pm 1/13/15 1:50pm

These Maps Reveal How Cities Will Erode Over Time

A digital artist known as Chaotic Atmospheres has run city maps through World Terrain, a software system that simulates real-world geological events like erosion. The results are these evocative "erosion flow maps" that imagine what might happen to cities if they flowed into the environments around them. » 12/31/14 3:00pm 12/31/14 3:00pm

The Entire U.S. Population Fits In These 4 Chinese Provinces. So What?

In terms of total land area, the U.S. and China are close in size, but the latter's population is more than four times that of the United States. This map shows how the U.S. population fits into four of China's most populous provinces. Taken on its own, however, the map provides a skewed depiction of China's… » 12/27/14 2:00pm 12/27/14 2:00pm

There's a nasty cold air damming event going on across the Piedmont this afternoon. Here in Podunk, North Carolina, our high temperature was supposed to be 68°F. The current temperature is 48°F. The wedge is cruel and stubborn. » 12/24/14 2:57pm 12/24/14 2:57pm

The Guide to Buying Booze in Canada

This graphic will be included in the second installment of "F Eh Q", where we dive into what makes booze-distribution laws in Canada so convoluted and backwards. (Spoiler alert: it involves antiquated 1920s prohibition laws, and a lot of government greed!) » 12/24/14 1:06am 12/24/14 1:06am

Maps: Here Are All of the Areas That Were Hit by Tornadoes in 2014

This was a quiet yet memorable year for tornadoes in the United States. With around 900 tornadoes on the books, here are some interesting maps that show all of the areas hit by tornadoes in 2014, from the twin tornadoes in Nebraska to storms nearly a mile wide in Mississippi. http://thevane.gawker.com/how-did-the-ra... » 12/23/14 3:01pm 12/23/14 3:01pm

Are You A Bro, A Buddy, Or A Dude?

Using geocoded Twitter data, a linguist has put together heat maps of how and where we refer to the American man (and, not so infrequently, the American woman). I'm proud to live in a "pal" enclave. » 12/23/14 2:50pm 12/23/14 2:50pm

Here's How Many Bridges NYC Would Need If Everyone Drove

Manhattan has plenty of bridges—they're its most recognizable landmarks, really—but exactly how many more would it need if every last person drove a car? Matt Taylor, a transit engineer, has seen this bizarro-Manhattan, and it's not pretty. » 12/23/14 12:40pm 12/23/14 12:40pm

Every River in the U.S., Colored According to the Way It Flows

There are over 250,000 rivers in the U.S., some subtly serene, others tremendously tumultuous. But in this visualization you can see them all—and the color shows which way their waters flow. » 12/23/14 7:45am 12/23/14 7:45am

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