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A Map of Who Doesn’t Have Indoor Plumbing in the United States

Did you know that 1.6 million Americans don’t have complete indoor plumbing? The American Community Survey published on Tuesday that says that nearly 630,000 occupied homes in the United States lack complete plumbing facilities*, and The Washington Post whipped it into a handy interactive map. How’s your home state doing? If you’re from Connecticut, the…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Apr 23

Use Google Maps To Look Backwards In Time

We’ve gotten so used to seeing our maps loaded with satellite imagery, that it doesn’t seem so remarkable. But what if you could see not just a mapped area in its present, but also look back through the years, at what it used to be? Google Street View has been building up a caché of…

io9 Ria Misra Apr 23

A Pirate-Friendly Map of the Pieces of Ocean That No Country Owns

Cool map alert: Donut Holes in International Waters is an interactive map that shows which countries have sovereignty over the high seas. It shows how we’ve diced up the waters with international law—and what all the left-over bits and pieces look like. For the most part, you know what the borders of different countries look…

Tech News Leslie Horn Apr 23

Explore Barcelona’s Architectural Past With a Colorful Interactive Map

Exploring a city on foot is one way to get a feel for the place, but there’s always tons of history hidden behind the street-side facades that you’d never really get just by looking at them. Those whose hearts beat for Barcelona are going to love Big Time BCN, a new interactive map which allows…

Tech News Jordan Kushins Apr 23

Disturbing Pollution Map of California Confirms that Freeways Are Evil

Reporters at the Los Angeles Times have used data from the California EPA to put together a fascinating interactive map that shows levels of pollution, water toxicity, and ozone concentrations over California. Surprise — most of the environmental impact is around freeways. You can visit the map to search for any region you’d like within…

io9 Annalee Newitz Apr 23

Yet Another Green/White Census Map

Hey, look! It’s another, “Which census districts are empty?” map, this time for France. Interestingly, this map is a population density map in one-kilometer grids, lacking the harsh borders of census tracts as in the maps we’ve looked at recently. Green marks areas with no census-residents; white marks areas with census-residents. Image credit: @matamix. Thanks…

Tech News Mika McKinnon Apr 23

Canada is Really Big, but Not Empty

The maps showing how much of the United States is empty is visually interesting, but mostly demonstrates the importance of the data-aggregation area. A similar map for Canada is flawed by mistaking “no data available” for “no one is there.” Michael Chung‘s map follows the same colour scheme as Freeman’s and Sherwood’s: white are populated…

Tech News Mika McKinnon Apr 22

These Are The Most Uninhabited Places In The United States

Population geographers typically create maps showing us where all the action is. This map, on the other hand, does not. This map was put together by Nik Freeman using census data from 2010. All those green areas you see are census blocks in which nobody lives (a block being the smallest area unit used by…

io9 George Dvorsky Apr 22

Watch How the Internet Took Over The World in this Timelapse Map

In less than 20 years, the internet went from the provence of the very few to the kingdom of the many. This map shows just how the internet spread, quickly and across borders, all around the globe. The map was made by GlobalPost, using data on internet access from The World Bank. It highlights the…

io9 Ria Misra Apr 21

Explore the World of Game of Thrones as if It Were on Google Maps

If you’re desperate to understand the world from George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones, here’s you chance. The lands of Westeros and Essos have been given a full Google Maps-style treatment, so you can explore them in detail. It’s not the first Game of Thrones map we’ve seen,…

Television Jamie Condliffe Apr 21

A Subway Map of Every Highway and Interstate in the U.S.

We all wish the United States had better trains. (If you don’t, you should.) That’s why this subway-style map of every U.S. Highway and Interstate in the country is so much fun. You can almost imagine heading down to your local stop for a quick jaunt up the East Coast. If only… The impossibly detailed…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Apr 18

New Hurricane Forecast Maps Can Warn You Of Impending Floods

More than half of all hurricane-related deaths are caused by storm surges, yet few consider it a factor when trying to decide whether or not to evacuate their homes. But starting this hurricane season, national forecasters will warn people using color-coded storm surge maps. No doubt, storm surges are a serious issue. Along vulnerable coasts,…

io9 George Dvorsky Apr 18

How You Count Matters: Maps of Census Data in the US

Maps are interesting, where the same data can be used to tell many stories. Displaying United States census data as numerical counts or as density portray American population distribution dramatically differently, as a country that is half empty, or half full. On the left is a segment of a map by Nik Freeman featured by…

Tech News Mika McKinnon Apr 17

NBC News Creates A Racially Insensitive, Time-Traveling Map of America

Earlier this week, NBC News posted a map, “The Changing Face of America,” to illustrate the shifting demographics in the United States. But cartographers and other data visualization experts were appalled by what they are already describing as the worst infographic of 2014. Can you spot the number of things wrong with this map? For…

io9 Mark Strauss Apr 17

Map shows which country has the most sex and which has the longest sex

I’m proud to be an American where at least I know… we bone the most. At least according to this map which measures the frequency of sex and duration of sex by country. We don’t have the longest sex, though; that honor goes to Australia. Those down under have sessions that last for a “marathon”…

Sploid Casey Chan Apr 16

Here’s a Map of the 47 Percent of America Where No One Lives

As anyone who’s driven through Middle America knows, it feels like there’s very few places in the U.S. that don’t have at least a few inhabitants. But as a map by cartographer Nik Freeman proves, there are still some amber waves of grain and fruited plains that remain. Emphasis on some. Highlighted on the Washington…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Apr 16

Here’s a US map showing the constellation of city lights and highways

It’s like staring at the night sky only instead of looking up to see stars and constellations, we’re looking at the bright lights of cities connected by highways. A Reddit user superimposed state boundaries and interstate routes onto a NASA photograph of the United States of America at night to show how and why things…

Sploid Casey Chan Apr 16

A Map Showing The Popularity Of Musical Genres Across the US

We recently showed you maps of the most loved and hated popular musical acts in each U.S. state. Now, there’s a new interactive map showing the popularity of musical genres across the country. Rock may still be king, but other genres are defying regional stereotypes. Online real estate broker Movoto calculated the musical taste scores…

io9 George Dvorsky Apr 16

Visualizing L.A.’s 2,043 Annual Bike Crashes

What can LAPD records and Google Maps data tell us about the safety of Los Angeles’ bicycle routes? That’s what a new interactive map of the city’s 2,043 bicycle collisions from the year 2012 seeks to answer. Pairing each reported crash site with Google Street View imagery, the map reveals potential flaws in street design…

Tech News Nathan Masters Apr 11

An Interactive Map Showing Global Cyberattacks In Real Time

Security firm Kaspersky Lab has launched an interactive cyberthreat map that visualizes cyber security incidents occurring worldwide in real time. A quick glance shows that the world is a pretty scary place. The interactive map is a promotional tool created by Kaspersky Lab, but it’s fascinating nonetheless. Threats displayed include malicious objects detected during on-access…

io9 George Dvorsky Apr 11

A Map of Who Doesn’t Have Indoor Plumbing in the United States

Use Google Maps To Look Backwards In Time

A Pirate-Friendly Map of the Pieces of Ocean That No Country Owns

Explore Barcelona’s Architectural Past With a Colorful Interactive Map

Disturbing Pollution Map of California Confirms that Freeways Are Evil

Yet Another Green/White Census Map

Canada is Really Big, but Not Empty

These Are The Most Uninhabited Places In The United States

Watch How the Internet Took Over The World in this Timelapse Map

Explore the World of Game of Thrones as if It Were on Google Maps

A Subway Map of Every Highway and Interstate in the U.S.

New Hurricane Forecast Maps Can Warn You Of Impending Floods

How You Count Matters: Maps of Census Data in the US

NBC News Creates A Racially Insensitive, Time-Traveling Map of America

Map shows which country has the most sex and which has the longest sex

Here’s a Map of the 47 Percent of America Where No One Lives

Here’s a US map showing the constellation of city lights and highways

A Map Showing The Popularity Of Musical Genres Across the US

Visualizing L.A.’s 2,043 Annual Bike Crashes

An Interactive Map Showing Global Cyberattacks In Real Time

This Is Supposedly the Final, Final, FINAL Look of the Foldable iPhone

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