Every River in the USA

This one is making the rounds on the net: a map showing every river in the United States (see image below).

• Read about it here
• Explore the details on GitHub
• Explore the live version (it gets better as you zoom-in!)

Even better! Make your own U.S. Rivers or U.S Roads maps!

The World of Airport Runways

This is a different way to 'see' the world: a map of all 45,000+ places to land an aircraft based on the data from www.ourairports.com.

• Airports of the World (by James Davenport)

Data and Visualization Resources

This is a great compilation of tools and methods for data processing and visualization:

• Data and Visualization Resources (by Lena Groeger) 

We Have A Plan!

Well, here it is: the long-awaited climate action plan by the Obama administration.

• The President's Climate Action Plan (June 2013)
• President Obama's Climate Policy Speech (25 June 2013)
• White House Fact Sheet
• Commentary by Andy Revkin on Dot Earth

Mapping Cities

These are not traditional maps - rather diagrams or 'fingerprints' of cities showing 8 (!) variables. Now you can start comparing and grouping cities - why do cities look the way they do?

• The Urban Story

Plane Finder

This is almost silly (or scary?): Plane Finder - have a look yourself (also available in 3D for smart gizmos).
For fun: try Plane Finder Airport and Flight Routes (looks like huge missile launch).

2013 Wild Fire Season

Esri created a nice real-time interactive map of wild fire activity across the U.S. I especially like the included wind vectors (although how about a better color!).