Sunday, October 23, 2016

CalTopo

CalTopo is a great tool to quickly display topographic maps, mark routes, get elevation profiles, and even add your own data (as GPX or KML).

Friday, October 21, 2016

1850 to 2016

Here's a nice example of a small-multiples infographic design: global temperature changes from 1850 to 2016.


Money Does Grow On Trees!

The Global Hunger Index 2016

The Global Hunger Index 2016 combines an interactive map, traditional report, and easily accessible data back to 2006.

Mapping Unemployment 1990 to 2016

The Waldseemueller Map from 1507

Seen on Maps Mania: An interactive version of Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 map 'Universalis Cosmographia' (very cool!).

D3 in Depth

For my D3 friends: D3 in Depth
If that's too much (and you have money) you can join Learning D3.

The US Energy Mapping System

The US Energy Mapping System is a nice interactive map of all kinds energy-related across the country - you can get/download the data for each of the electricity-generating stations or explore/download the data at the state-level.

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

And therein lies the problem.

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/10/17/todays-climate-progress-and-tomorrows-climate-challenges/

Sunday, October 2, 2016

The US Electric Grid (in real-time)

This is super-cool: U.S. Electric System Operating Data as an interactive map and charts, plus data download. I would appreciate a little tutorial on what is displayed.

Saturday, October 1, 2016

Teaching Climate Change With Models And Games

Bush et al. (2016) provide a nice compilation of models and games one can use when teaching climate change.

The Food Access Research Atlas

The Food Access Research Atlas by the USDA is great for mapping and data access down to the census tract level. It takes a little to get used to the lingo, but that's just the nature of federal data.

Census Data Mapper

The Census Data Mapper is pretty simple and seems to only work at the county level, but it is a quick way to look at census data across the country, grab the data into a MS Excel spreadsheet, and export the map into a PDF.

Are Our Brains Wired to Ignore Climate Change?

STEM and GIS in Higher Education

Here we have the perfect combination: STEM and GIS in Higher Education and Esri is all in with a nice Story Map and an associated e-Book.