19 Maps That Will Help You Put The United States In Perspective

The U.S. is basically an overcompensating, attention-seeking brat.

Heben Nigatu 3 months ago 356 responses

2012 In Data Visualizations

Data visualizations. Infographics. Maps. Information design. No matter how you call it, 2012 was the year data science and design started going steady.

BuzzFeed Data 4 months ago 41 responses

North Korea’s Missile Launch Scares Its Neighbors

The dictatorship, which has nuclear weapons, tested a ballistic missile Tuesday night. AFP’s John Saeki’s chilling graphic shows not just China and Japan, but countries as far as the Philippines and beyond, within range.

BuzzFeed Politics 5 months ago 1 response

Intricately Detailed Hand Drawn Map Of New York City

Really beautiful work by Jenni Sparks. (via thisisnthappiness.com)

Summer Anne Burton 5 months ago 73 responses

Joe Biden’s New Map

It’s missing North Carolina and Colorado.Paging the Obama campaign.

Zeke Miller 6 months ago 3 responses

A World Map Made Of World Currencies

Redditor The310Investigator made this awesome map by painstakingly superimposing images of the world’s currencies onto the countries in which they’re used. (via reddit.com)

Raymond Sultan 9 months ago 49 responses

A Bubbly Map Of The Internet

A Russian developer plotted the 350,000 biggest sites on the web, by traffic, links and nationality. It’s full of stars!

Russell Brandom 9 months ago 93 responses

U.S. Military And C.I.A. Interventions Since World War II

William Blum at Foreign Policy Journal put together this handy guide to the C.I.A.’s foreign policy efforts since the end of World War II.

Dorsey Shaw a year ago 26 responses

Seen On Flickr: Obama & Napolitano Study A Map Of Transport Connections Between Yemen And The US

Were they talking about the cargo terror plot in this meeting on January 31st?

nycsouthpaw a year ago respond

Tokyo Vs. England

Well, that’s certainly some perspective. London is so tiny in comparison.

Donna Dickens a year ago 40 responses

American Migration

Do people want to live in your home town? Or your adopted home town? See for yourself.

Donna Dickens a year ago 21 responses

Map Of Every McDonald’s In The U.S.

The farthest distance between any two locations nationwide is 145 miles, from Meadow Valley to Glad Valley in South Dakota. And that’s just criminal.

Brian Abrams a year ago 70 responses

CNN Location Fail

According to CNN, Cannes is located somewhere in northern Spain.

kaktusjack a year ago 30 responses

A Map Of Earth 240 Million Years Ago

Artist Richard Morden imagines the supercontinent Pangaea.

Dorsey Shaw a year ago 30 responses

Blueprints For Porn Company’s Apocalyptic Bunker

Adult film outfit Pink Visual has plans to build a bunker in case the Mayans were right about 2012. This way, those post-apocalyptic survivors will still have porn to keep them company instead of cockroaches. Bless you, Pink Visual. View Image ›

Yes, El Guapo! a year ago 13 responses

Middle Earth Map Mini Dress

Because LOTR fans should pay more attention to the female form. $100 at Black Milk Clothing. View Image ›

Brian Abrams a year ago 118 responses

Map Of The United States*

Methinks Alaska and Hawaii are tired of being left out. (Via) View Image ›

Jed Oliver a year ago 110 responses

A World Map Of Video Game Villains

Interesting infographic breaking down the nationalities of villains in military-themed video games. China is quickly becoming the global boogeyman of choice. And apparently developers don’t find New Zealand very threatening. View Image ›

Gavon Laessig 2 years ago 11 responses

The United States of Awesome on neatorama.com ›

We do some things well!

Neatorama 2 years ago respond

Disney Character World Map

There is no South American Disney Princess. They need to get on that. View Image ›

Ashley Baccam 2 years ago 42 responses

Food Map of the United States

A map showing what food best represents each state, relying strictly on stereotype rather than any cartographic surveying. To be fair, Utah does love green Jell-o. View Image ›

Gavon Laessig 2 years ago 33 responses

North American English Dialect Map on kottke.org ›

Massive and detailed dialect map of North America.

Jason Kottke 2 years ago 1 response

The Mäp of Metal

An interactive map that charts the brutal landscape of metal music, where you can listen to tracks ranging from punk to black metal to grunge. It’s incredibly thorough and easy to use. Here there be monsters of rock. View Image ›

Gavon Laessig 2 years ago 11 responses

The Only Music Guide You’ll Ever Need

All those complicated music metaphors have been simplified into the perfect chart. View Image ›

Jess Amason 2 years ago 84 responses

California’s Racist Geography

A map in California’s Main Street Railroad Station reveals the state’s racist secrets. (via) View Image ›

Jess Amason 3 years ago 37 responses

Subway Map for a 3 Year Old

Made as a gift for Flickr user theindigobunting’s 3 year old nephew who loves New York subway maps. The custom map has all the toddler’s favorite spots. View Image ›

Tanner Ringerud 3 years ago 32 responses

You vs. Y’all

This cool map shows the regional differences between people to say “ya’ll” and people who say “you” — along with those who say “you all” and “you guys”. While I find it kind of strange that the only state to say “you” is grammatically-challenged Rhode Island, they’ve also left out the essential “youz” or “youz all” which exists exclusively on Long Island. View Image ›

Lindsey W. 3 years ago 43 responses