MetaFilter posts tagged with graphics and maps

Octopus Maps

Miko — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:07:17 -0800

Need quick visual shorthand for an aggressively encroaching political entity? You want an Cartographic Land Octopus! It's a subcategory of satirical maps. More octopus maps here, here, here.

Watching the Growth of Walmart Across America

y2karl — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:59:44 -0800

I am Walmarticus! --Watch me grow....

Map of maps, timeline of timelines

blahblahblah — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:20:29 -0800

Milestones in graphics, maps, and visualizations. An incredible site for anyone interested in the history of visualization of data. See the first town map from 6200 BCE. Take a look at some of the most important graphics through history, including the London cholera map and the diagrams that made Florence Nightingale's case, as well as recent examples of some of the worst. Also check out the fascinating history of timelines, or Cabinet magazine's beautifully illustrated Timeline of Timelines.

He's got the whole world...

neurodoc — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:10:19 -0800

Hans Rosling is on a mission (flash video). The founder of Gapminder (previously discussed here) gives an inspired talk about the third world, while turning statistics into beautiful graphics. Of course, the folks at Google are already all over this.