Cooper Thomas

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Has written 90 posts

U.S. travel spending

Published on August 7, 2024

I teamed up with my talented colleague Heidi Daulton to create a series of static maps for a…

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Walking China’s ancient roads

Published on July 8, 2024

I teamed up with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Paul Salopek to produce this map-focused story chronicling his walk across…

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U.S. farms and farmers

Published on June 23, 2024

These web maps accompany a story exploring results of the 2022 USDA Census of Agriculture. Read the full…

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Red Sea shipping attacks

Published on March 14, 2024

I spent a few hours putting together a short, map-focused story about ongoing Houthi attacks on commercial shipping…

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Mapping the eclipse

Published on February 28, 2024

I researched, wrote, and designed an interactive, map-focused story on the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse.

The finite ocean

Published on February 14, 2024

I researched and designed a series of maps for a multimedia story and interactive map atlas highlighting humankind’s…

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Portland noise complaints

Published on March 30, 2023

All 2022 noise complaints in Portland rendered as extruded contours. Why not?

Mapping Russia’s war on Ukraine

Published on January 8, 2023

I put together a short map-focused story to track Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The story is built…

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