If a steady stream of surveys is to be believed, declining geographic literacy is a growing threat to American security. Asked to identify Iran, for example, a surprising number of respondents put it ...

First someone had to conceive the idea of maps, then someone had to conceive the identity of ecosystems, and then someone could map those ecosystems. This clearly acknowledges that all maps are not ...

These maps flip the script on how we see the world, with their perspective-bending info in a super interesting form.

Now combine a look at this map, the New York Times’s excellent interactive graphic Mapping the Census, click on California and zero in on the West Side of Los Angeles. On “view more maps,” click on ...

In this video, I explore the definition of the most Midwestern state through maps, data, and history. I analyze classic ...