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Animated GIFs from Matthew DiVito
Not a map today, but something perhaps related. Matthew DiVito has been getting some excitement about his GIF animations. They’re all quite interesting and show a really good understanding of the...
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NACIS Atlas of Design
The much anticipated NACIS Atlas of Design is on pre-order! The NACIS (North American Cartographic Information Society) has put together an 88-page, full-colour volume with 27 works that highlight...
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Bike to Work Map
Today’s map comes from Governing, a media platform in the US covering politics and policy stories. The map is a simple visualization of biking data in US cities where biking is a large proportion of...
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TTC Fantasy Maps
As many Torontonians know all too well, the city has a love-hate relationship with its main transit provider, the Toronto Transit Commission. Back in 2009, when the TTC was faced with anger regarding...
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Mapping the American Election
This set of maps comes from the New York Times and features maps of voting patterns in the run up to the US Presidential Election. The interactive tool displays eight maps which visualize different...
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Toronto Home Prices Map
This map, from Christopher Manza and D’arcy McGovern from The Globe and Mail, shows how housing prices in Toronto have changed in the past year. The trends are shown as a choropleth with blue related...
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US Election – Mapping Frenzy
Did anyone notice how many maps were being used during the election? I was watching the coverage of the election on NBC and noticed that, at almost any point during the night, there was a map of the...
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100,000 Stars
100,000 Stars is a Chrome Experiment, developed by Google employees. The space map features 119,617 stars, 87 of which are individually identified. The map uses simple interface operations of...
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Foursquare – 500 Million Check-ins
Today’s map is a few days old now, but still pretty amazing – 500 million Foursquare check-ins worldwide. The picture above depicts Toronto. The map uses MapBox and some nifty cartography, showing the...
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Sensory Maps by Kate McLean
Just sifting through my emails I happened across this gem. Designer Kate McLean has put together a set of images maps that attempt to visualize the variety of different sensory-scapes we pass through...
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Love for my Intersection Density Map
Hooray! Metrolinx, the regional transportation agency here in Toronto actually used a map I made back in 2012 in a report which I came across through a friend. The map displayed the density of...
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Urban Observatory /// comparing urban indicators worldwide
Urban Observatory is a tool created by Esri (makers of ArcGIS) for comparing cities along various important indicators. The sleek tool provides three windows that respond to each other’s scales....
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Earth Wind Map /// Reflecting on the art of data visualization
There has recently been sufficient hype around the Earth Wind Map, a map that was inspired by the US Wind Map I covered back in 2012. The Earth Wind Map, built by Cameron Beccario (@cambecc)...
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Toronto Laneways /// Portfolio: Cartography, Urban Planning
This map shows the laneways of Toronto against a dark background, modeled after some of the other laneway maps showing up in Toronto right now. Taking the idea further, I calculated the network of...
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Mapping Berlin – Clubs and Transit /// Closing Tabs
As I continue to try to close my browser tabs, I will post today of some map examples that I wanted to keep track of. The topic – the evolution of Berlin’s nightlife and transit system map designs....
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CartoDB’s Insight Map Competition /// Showcasing data and design
Tomorrow is the last day to submit an entry to CartoDB’s Insight Competition for maps designed with this mapping utility. Check out the competition brief at their website:...
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Der Mid-Canada Corridor /// Träumen vom zukunftigen Kanada
(As part of me learning German, I’m trying to practice writing. If you found this interesting, like it, and if you found any errors, feel free to comment!) Der mid-Canada corridor ist eine sehr große...
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