The other day, while casually browsing for interesting geospatial datasets (as you do), I came across an enticing trove of map-worthy material: the U.S. Department of Defense’s recently released…
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The Dakota Access Pipeline has become a symbol for environmental and indigenous activism. Blazing a 1,172-mile trail across the Great Plains, the pipeline has run afoul of many different groups,…
Context: on March 9, the American Society of Civil Engineers released its quaternary infrastructure report card for the United States. In it, the ASCE awarded the national infrastructure an overall…
February 19, 2017 marks the 75th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, which condemned over 120,000 Japanese-American civilians to internment camps for the duration of WWII. To commemorate this solemn event,…
Let’s talk basemaps for a minute. These all-too-often under-appreciated reference layers have an outsized influence on the look and feel, the legibility, and the lasting impact of an interactive thematic…
One of the coolest things about working on the Story Maps team is that I am allowed, and even encouraged, to explore topics of personal interest. One such example is…
Last summer, my sister and I spent two weeks traveling in Iran. Incidentally, our visit coincided with Ramadan—the monthlong fast that is one of the Five Pillars of Islam—as well…
Around the world, nearly four million refugees reside in planned or self-settled camps. This interactive map, created for UNHCR in commemoration of World Humanitarian Day (August 19th), identifies the 10…