Visionaries, engineers, and leaders from all over the world have long been fascinated by the concept of connecting North America to Eurasia by rail. Currently in the planning stage, and now known as the Intercontinental Railway, this ambitious plan of … Continue reading
Map: https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/cost-of-starting-a-business/ When comparing how much it would cost to start a business in different countries around the world you may be surprised how big the gap is between the cheapest and most expensive country. When calculating a country’s cost … Continue reading
Links to higher quality maps: https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?/img/maps/calcagno-2001-07-22.gif https://transitmap.net/post-911-subway/ In large metropolises like New York City, transportation infrastructure is crucial to the function of the city. Public transportation such as metro lines, bus routes, and taxis along with road infrastructure like interstate … Continue reading
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Protest maps allow marginalized groups to harness the “mythical power” of maps to challenge the status quo. But even protest maps can use harmful stereotypes and gross distortions to make their arguments about social change. This map is important because … Continue reading
How a coastline 100 million years ago influences modern election results in Alabama When looking at a map, we often take for granted the things that the map presents to us. Of course, we can shove a map to our … Continue reading
https://automatingbanishment.org/map/ This map is an interactive map titled Automating Banishment and its goal is to uncover “LAPD’s data-driven policing programs that control, displace and criminalize people and places”. The Los Angeles city attorney’s office implemented a program in 1997 titled … Continue reading
https://projects.propublica.org/climate-migration/ This map is an interactive map which charts the United States through the next century with our current climate change situation. This map supposes that on our current trajectory of climate change the United States’ suitable climate which humans … Continue reading
Before leaving for college, my parents were worried about me moving to Richmond. Richmond was notorious for its crime, specifically its murder rate when they grew up. In 1985, Richmond had 93 murders with a murder rate of 41.9 killings … Continue reading
From the former capital of the Confederacy to redlining, the city of Richmond has a tangled past in regard to race relations. In 2012, Ted Elmore, a former partner at Hunton and Williams LLP, created a project to reimagine the … Continue reading
Some individuals have the power to launch nuclear strikes with the ability to wipe out a parcel of land the size of Texas, Alex Wellerstein has NUKEMAP. NUKEMAP is a one man project that Wellerstein built just over ten years … Continue reading