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A Map of the ERs Near You That Will Treat You the Fastest

Emergency rooms are notorious for unpredictable—if not excruciatingly long—wait times. But when you’re in the throes of a medical emergency, you don’t exactly have the time to call up every hospital in the area for a traffic report. Fortunately, ProPublica has just announced a new tool that could make two-hour-long surprise wait times a thing…

Health Ashley Feinberg Dec 19

A Map of How Educated the United States Is by County

How does academic achievement vary across the US? While stereotypes and prejudices invariably exist, the only way to the answer that question is with some cold, hard data. Here it is. Thanks to the Census Bureau’s new interactive data-mapping tool, Atlantic has taken a look at how educational achievement varies across the country. Above is…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Dec 19

What Facebook Tells Us About the Hidden Paths of Mass Migration

The basic shape of urban growth is easy to spot; we look at the fastest-growing cities, for example, or immigration numbers. But yesterday, Facebook’s Data Science team revealed a less obvious pattern: Mass coordinated migration, where a group from the same city moves to another. Who are the winners and losers in this urban game?…

Social Media Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Dec 18

This real-time global wind map will completely devour your weekend

It’s high time you met earth, a plainly titled, interactive datavisualization that offers visitors a realtime glimpse of global wind patterns. WARNING: If you’re into this sort of thing, this visualization is a major, major time-suck. Seriously, it’s utterly hypnotic. The stunning interactive visualization was designed by software engineer Cameron Beccario, and while it bears…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Dec 13

The Chilling Geometry of Every US Military Base Seen From Space

The United States military is everywhere. It’s so big that it’s hard to quantify just how massive it is—any number used to describe it is so large that it defies the understanding of an ordinary human brain. Which is why artist Josh Begley skips the numbers and goes straight to the visuals with this chilling…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Dec 12

Will Your City See Snow on December 25th?

December 25th is fast approaching — but will yours be snow-laden? This map, released by NOAA and the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), gives the probability of a “White Christmas” across the continental United States. A White Christmas, according to the NCDC, is one with an inch or more of snow on the ground at…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Dec 12

Beautiful map outlines the world with just 19th century ship patterns

It’s not exactly surprising but it’s always visually incredible how you can paint the world with data. Like this lovely map visualization. You can see the outline of continents take shape from just charting 19th century ship patterns. There are voids in the map, of course, but it’s impressively clear in so many parts too.…

Sploid Casey Chan Dec 11

Canada says it owns the North Pole, despite not having a proper map

The Canadian government is claiming 463,323 square miles (1.2 million square kilometers) in the Arctic, a wide expanse of territory that includes the North Pole. Trouble is, Canada hasn’t yet fully mapped the area, nor does it have the scientific evidence to back the claim. Along with Russia and Denmark, Canada is currently in a…

io9 George Dvorsky Dec 10

A New York City Transit Map Custom-Made for the Super Bowl

With the Super Bowl now less than two months away—Groundhog Day!—the disparate mass transit organizations around New York City are gearing up for more than 400,000 new visitors. And what do out of towners always need in New York? They need maps. Beautiful, useful maps. For the first time ever, the Metropolitan Transit Authority is…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Dec 10

Now Everyone Can Contribute to Google Street View

Google’s Street View is slowly covering more and more of the world’s surface, but it still has holes. Now though,you can help fill them—and all you need is an Android phone or DSLR. Google has just launched a new Street View feature which allows any user to recreate the usual Street View experience by stringing…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Dec 10

See How Murdery Your Neighborhood Is With the NYPD’s Interactive Map

The NYPD isn’t known for its, uh, transparency. In fact, it’s mostly known for aggressively withholding information. So this new,interactive crime map released by the NYPD this weekend is a welcome surprise. The map sticks to the major New York State felonies: Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter, Rape, Robbery, Felonious Assault, Burglary, Grand Larceny and Grand…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Dec 9

An interactive map that lets you hear New York in 1933

It’s basically an audio time machine. Tech historian Emily Thompson, out of Princeton, has put together an interactive map of New York circa 1933, embedded with the old sounds of the city. The map uses a combination of noise complaints and old reel footage to plot everything from what must have been an exceptionally noisy…

io9 Ria Misra Dec 9

Now You Can Explore Gorgeous National Geographic Maps With Google

A well-drawn map isn’t just a functional chart, it’s a thing of beauty. National Geographic has been making gorgeous print maps for over 120 years, and thanks to a new partnership, over 500 of them will be available online, powered by Google Map Engine. On Google’s blog, National Geographic’s Frank Biasi says the historic society’s…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich Dec 7

10 Years of NYC Renovations In a Single GIF

We tend to look at new buildings—especially tall ones—as evidence of a city’s economic health (or sickness). But renovations are a way deeper statistical pool—which is why this new map of a decade of filings from the Department of Buildings is so interesting. That’s ten years and billions of dollars in a single image. The…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Dec 4

How Much the iPhone Costs Around the World

The iPhone is popular. Not just here in the United States, but around the whole world. But depending on where you are, you might be paying a lot for it. This map of iPhone 5S prices across the globe shows the worst places to buy. Put together by the folks over at Mobile Unlocked, the…

Tech News Eric Limer Dec 4

Manners and Cursing, Mapped

Ever wondered what the rudest state was? Wonder no longer! According to advertising firm Marchex, the sweariest state is Ohio and the least courteous is Wisconsin. At the other end of the spectrum, South Carolina was the most polite state and Washington the cleanest. Interestingly, Louisiana and Maryland both make the top five in swearing…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Dec 3

China’s Claiming Territory By Calling Dibs on 800-Year-Old Shipwrecks

As China continues its controversial claim-staking throughout Asia, a corner of the academic world is becoming an unlikely focal point in the dispute: Archaeology. More specifically, the thousands of shipwrecks that litter the South China Sea—which China is aggressively claiming as evidence to back up its right to control the ocean. China has enthusiastically bolstered…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Dec 2

This video of people taking the American dialect survey is fascinating

Bert Vaux’s dialect survey is endlessly fascinating, prompting thousands of folks to figure out which American dialect they speak. This video mixes audio of people taking the survey with Joshua Katz’s heat map visualizations of the dialect data. https://gizmodo.com/this-quiz-pinpoints-your-american-dialect-down-to-the-t-1441692591 Katherine Wells put together this video for the Atlantic. Soda vs. Pop vs. Coke: Mapping How…

io9 Lauren Davis Nov 30

A Map of the United States’ Mythical Lake Monsters

While Bigfoot, the Jersey Devil, and the Mothman might get most of the attention on land, there are plenty of cryptozoological myths surrounding the US’s lakes, rivers, and swamps as well. Atlas Obscura has mapped out the Loch Ness-type monsters, webbed hominids, and giant killer sea creatures that, according to legend, lurk beneath the watery…

io9 Lauren Davis Nov 30

This Air Travel Map From 1929 Is Absolutely Stunning

The marvels of modern technology mean you can hop online and check the progress—in realtime—of any flight as it crosses the country. But as convenient as that is, there’s still something to be said for what air travellers had at their disposal at the dawn of the jet age. Specifically, this gorgeous air travel map…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 29

A Map of the ERs Near You That Will Treat You the Fastest

A Map of How Educated the United States Is by County

What Facebook Tells Us About the Hidden Paths of Mass Migration

This real-time global wind map will completely devour your weekend

The Chilling Geometry of Every US Military Base Seen From Space

Will Your City See Snow on December 25th?

Beautiful map outlines the world with just 19th century ship patterns

Canada says it owns the North Pole, despite not having a proper map

A New York City Transit Map Custom-Made for the Super Bowl

Now Everyone Can Contribute to Google Street View

See How Murdery Your Neighborhood Is With the NYPD’s Interactive Map

An interactive map that lets you hear New York in 1933

Now You Can Explore Gorgeous National Geographic Maps With Google

10 Years of NYC Renovations In a Single GIF

How Much the iPhone Costs Around the World

Manners and Cursing, Mapped

China’s Claiming Territory By Calling Dibs on 800-Year-Old Shipwrecks

This video of people taking the American dialect survey is fascinating

A Map of the United States’ Mythical Lake Monsters

This Air Travel Map From 1929 Is Absolutely Stunning

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