Animated maps
The Rising Cost of Land in the U.S. in the Past 40 Years
In 1975, all of the 48 contiguous states and DC had average land values below $15,000. But in 1976, starting
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Strava’s animated Global Bike to Work Day map
Nearly 150,000 cyclists record their commute! Each blue dot is the start of a commute from Global Bike to Work Day.
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The Urban Displacement Project is a research and action initiative of UC Berkeley in collaboration with researchers at UCLA, community
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Urban evolution of Rio de Janeiro
The platform imagineRio is a searchable atlas that illustrates the social and urban evolution of Rio de Janeiro over the
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World map of political regimes (1816 – 2011)
Interactive visualization to trace global changes in political regimes from 1816 to 2011. Authored by Max Roser (University of Oxford)
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In San Francisco, the Tenderloin is obviously a hotbed of noise complaints, as is the Upper Haight, The Mission, and
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Changing river path seen through satellite images
Sedimentary geologist Zoltan Sylvester downloaded Landsat data using Earth Explorer and strung together images of the Ucayali River (Peru) to
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WorldPopulationHistory.org, an interactive site that lets you explore the peopling of our planet from multiple perspectives – historical, environmental, social
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