Tag: map
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EULER SPIRAL CARD
This piece was created for Daniel Huffman’s map projection trading cards project. The idea is to have a set of trading cards for carto-enthusiasts to collect and exchange at conferences, featuring the wide variety of map projections out there. The maps on the cards showcasing these projections would all be designed by volunteer cartographers. For […]
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NATIONAL CHAMPION TREES 2021
National Champion Trees are the biggest tree of a particular species based on the height, trunk circumference, and average crown spread. These trees are nominated by the public and maintained in an official register by American Forests. The 2021 list of champions features 561 trees across 39 states. This official register is available via PDF […]
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MAP TURTLES MAPPED
It’s turtles all the way down! I created this map as part of the #SlowMapChallenge proposed by Daniel Wood — an alternative to the #30DayMapChallenge where instead of making a map a day, you tackle a map idea that you’ve been putting off over the course of 12 weeks. I decided to work on this […]
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ST VINCENT ISLAND
I have never actually set foot on St. Vincent Island, but it’s sandwiched between a lot of places I love and close enough to home that whenever I open up a web map I can usually see it sitting there, just on the periphery. The stark ridges crossing the island from end to end are […]
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APALACHICOLA RIVER TABLE
Literal data table? Over several months, I designed and upgraded a tabletop salvaged from the dumpster to feature the entire Apalachicola River, curled into a spiral, with the headwaters at the table’s center. Then I made a Story Map explaining the process and highlighting all the reasons I think that river is awesome. Click the […]
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CAPE SAN BLAS
A remote stretch of sand home to crumbling lighthouses, ancient shell middens, Confederate saltworks, and Cold War missile launches.
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GRAVE SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
Featured in the Atlas of Design Vol 5! Treat your bookshelf to a copy, there are many more maps in it cooler than this one. I remember starting this spooky map sometime in September 2019 and being very pleased over the fact I had so many weeks to finish it in time for Halloween. I […]
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THE USA OF PBJ
You’re never too old for a delicious peanut butter & jelly sandwich. Using data from the US Dept of Agriculture’s CropScape program, I mapped out growing regions for some of the major ingredients in a PBJ. Originally I only included grape jelly, before realizing the nation is divided on more than just politics. Personally, I […]
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SPRING COLORS
Growing up in Florida, I thought it was weird how many “Blue Springs” we had. It felt like an uninspired name for one of the state’s most iconic attractions. Using data from the US Board on Geographic Names, the map above depicts all of the physical, hole-in-the-ground spring locations (293) in the continental US named […]
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NPS VISITORS 2017
14″ x 8.5″ Hover for zoom This look and technique was taken from a map by John Nelson. It uses monthly visitor data to show when people are visiting US National Parks, rather than how many. The bigger the ring, the bigger the spike in visitation for that month. Parks with a tight spread – […]