Desmos

Desmos offers some tool math tools: Graphing Calculator, Geometry Tool, etc. All that is seemingly free to use and share/export (see example below). There is also Desmos Classroom which requires a login, but the Math Tools seem to be available to all.

GIS Promo from 1988

 

Landsat 9 & ArcGIS Pro

Nice little tutorial: Easy Landsat 9 Color-Combo and Pansharpening...with Blend Modes!

Scratch Map

This is just cool: Urban Scratchoff (NYC)

Six Thousand Years of Forests

Six Thousand Years of Forests is a cool 'scrolly map' and starts with a series of world-wide maps of so-called Anthromes over time before detailing forest changes in Great Britain over time with beautiful art work.

Las Vegas & Lake Mead

There's more going-on here, but the side-by-side view of an expanding Las Vegas and a shrinking Lake Mead is striking. Now, please make this available as an animated GIF!

Wind Direction & Airports

This all makes sense: you want to align your airport runways with the prevailing wind directions. In-general, that would be (from a) westerly direction, but there are interesting local and regional wind direction patterns across the USA.

• Wind History shows the classic wind roses for weather stations across the country - many of which are of course located at airports.
• Trails of Wind shows the direction of airport runways.

Interesting to note that a) the wind direction in Texas and Kansas is often north/south and b) you can see the effect of valleys, for example wind direction in the Connecticut River Valley.

Colors!

Here are two great blog posts about colors by Lisa Charlotte Muth / Datawrapper:

• A detailed guide to colors in data vis style guides
• 10 ways to use fewer colors in your data visualizations