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Why Is New Zealand So Often Left Off World Maps?
A LITTLE OVER 2,000 MILES from Australia, there is a cluster of distinctively shaped islands. The northern one is…
2018-05-04
Europe’s Most Densely Populated Square Kilometres – Mapped
Prof Alasdair Rae at the University of Sheffield has crunched data from the Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) to locate…
2018-04-05
Mercator and the Map that ‘Squared the Circle’
Even with today’s modern technology, able to digitize almost anything, representing the world on a flat map so…
2017-10-12
Why Cities Are Where They Are
Politics and history aside, the single best place on Earth to build a city may be right where…
2017-07-13
The United Kingdom Is United In City Greenery
The amount of green space in British cities varies widely, with some three times greener than others. Mapping…
2017-03-27
The U.S. Has New Mega-Regions And It Challenges Daily Commutes
As economic centers grow in size and importance, determining their boundaries has become more crucial. Where do you…
2016-12-02
A View Of The Globe That Transcends From The Inside-Out
The Mapparium at Mary Baker Eddy Library in Boston, Massachusetts, is a huge, 30 foot tall globe of…
2016-10-26
When The Trip To The Airport Is A Journey In Itself
A city always begins with one airport, usually located outside the city limits to allow the city some…
2016-06-13
The Story & Places Of London’s Immigrants Now
There are more American-heavy neighborhoods than you might expect. After electing its first Muslim mayor, London’s multiculturalism has…
2016-05-27
A History Map Of The Rise & Fall Of U.S. Slavery
The historian and cartographer Bill Rankin visualizes the practice with a fresh approach. Although it was abolished in…
2016-04-29
In Cities, Ladies Congregate In Pink
Women—especially, young single ones—love cities. But they make up a bigger part of the population in some places…
2016-03-15
The Intricate & Intimate Relationship Between Pedestrians & Wi-Fi
Wireless access points can track the daily walking routes of crowds, allowing urban planners to build for better…
2016-03-14
Understanding Europe’s Population Shift In 4 Maps
Despite economic growth in Central and Eastern Europe, the continent is still migrating to the Northwest. Europe’s population…
2016-02-29
The Best Way To Map Cities We People Can Truly Understand
A roundup of the best stories on cities and urbanism we’ve come across in the past seven days.…
2016-02-06
A Complete View Of A City’s Carbon Footprint
By focusing on emissions from goods consumed in a city, Berkeley researchers paint a more accurate picture. The…
2016-01-18
How Cities And Obesity Are Intertwined
In a city like Lausanne, Switzerland, urban planning could be both a cause of and solution to obesity.…
2016-01-15
How Countries All Over The World Are Making Polluters Pay
By next year, nearly half of global GDP will be covered by cap-and-trade programs. Solving climate change is…
2015-09-18
Housing Cost Myth Of New York City
New York City consists of over 325 neighborhoods. But few New Yorkers include more than a handful on…
2015-06-25
How To Make Infrastructure Sexy
INFRASTRUCTURE IS VITAL, BUT TOTALLY BORING. ONE CHICAGO AGENCY TRIES TO SPICE THINGS UP WITH DATA VIZ. Infrastructure…
2015-06-09
An Insanely Detailed, Hand-Drawn Map Of San Francisco
It took illustrator Jenni Sparks three months to finish this secret-laden cartography. For London’s Jenni Sparks, it can take…
2015-05-16
A Beautiful Vision Of An American High-Speed Rail Map
Imagine if the entire country [USA] was linked by 220-mile-per-hour trains. That’s what this map does. High-speed rail…
2015-05-06
Welcome Spring With This Psychedelic Map Of The U.S. In Bloom
Maps from the U.S. Forest Service show signs of the season across America’sforests, fields, and urban areas. Here…
2015-04-13