The Best Maps of 2013
GIS Lounge is back with its list of the "most interesting and best" maps of the year. This year's honorees make traffic flows come to life, track global bike share inventory, and visualize regional differences in American speech.
"Everyone loves a great map. Maps engage readers and help them discover something they wouldn’t otherwise have learned about the world," writes Caitlin Dempsey. "While there are many fantastic maps (both static and interactive) that are produced every year, those listed here produced the most public reaction and seemed to resonate most strongly with people."
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- Portland's Long-Term Transportation Plans Include a Downtown Subway
- Mapping the Tools of Discrimination
- Overcoming Density Opponents by Listening to Them
- Is This Really Penn Station?
- It's Too Hot to Fly in Phoenix Today
- Surveying the Suburban Office Market
- No Cars Allowed on Portland's New Street
- A Rap Song About Bike Safety? Yes Please.
- Google to Buy 300 Modular Apartments for Employees
- Urine Trouble: MARTA Station Elevators to Get Pee Alarms
- New Tallest Building West of the Mississippi Now Open
- Tri-Cities Emerging as a Solar Demonstration Hub for the Pacific Northwest
- Business Owners Vote to Fund Sacramento Streetcar Operations
- The New Apple Store in Chicago Looks a lot Like a Laptop
- Invasive Fish Encroaching on the Great Lakes While Army Corps Study Languishes
- Bamboo Regulations Almost as Popular as Bamboo in New Jersey
- Los Angeles Councilmember Chooses the Side of Traffic Safety
- Cap Park Planned for I-579 Near Downtown Pittsburgh
- Will Alaska Return Millions of Dollars for Bike and Pedestrian Projects to the Feds, Again?
- Can Planning Offer a Line of Defense Against Terrorism?
