Displaying values on a map chart is more meaningful than handing someone a sheet of data. Thanks to Microsoft Excel’s Geography data type, creating a map chart is easier than you might think. Most ...

As our cities become smarter, the data of daily life is becoming increasingly granular. Sensors and cameras can tell us things like how many people cross a particular street during the morning commute ...

From historic homes in Edinburgh to towering skyscrapers in Shanghai, you can now explore every building in the world from the comfort of your home. An incredible new map charts the location and size ...

Back when mapmaking was still a fledgling profession in the U.S., cartographers had a trick up their sleeves: they would insert fake towns into the maps they drew. Not to screw up travelers trying to ...

This is an update of my annual CD post on Nobel Prizes, see last year’s post here. The map above showing Nobel Prizes by regions around the world was inspired by a similar one featured in an October ...