[x-post /r/DataArt] a 15,000-year history of the ever-changing paths of this Oregon river, rendered in data [1500 x 3125]
In the 2020 presidential election 60% of voting age people voted, one of the highest turnout elections in decades. Although heavily minority areas and some rural areas in the south fell far behind this number while the rural Midwest and suburbs had very high turnout approaching 90%
“An image of GPS tracking of multiple wolves in six different packs around Voyageurs National Park shows how much the wolf packs avoid each other’s range. Image courtesy of Thomas Gable”
Looking at the swing between the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections shows several major trends, it shows how suburban areas and areas with high rates of college education swung left while rural areas and areas with high minority populations got redder.
This is Bir Tawil, an area of land along the Egypt-Sudan border. Usually countries fight for every patch of land, but Bir Tawil is claimed by neither country due to conflicting border perception of the two countries.
The Founding of Tenochtitlan, sociospatial rendition of the city created by the city’s male and female scholar-class to explain to the Spanish the inner workings of their society. Each illustration is a hieroglyph. 1541
The map of the world according to Anaximander (610-546 BC). He is considered one of the founders of geography.
% of people attending a religious service at least once a week.EU & US (no data on EU overseas territories)
In the film Rat Race (2001), the first cow Seth Green hits whilst hanging from a hot air balloon, has a map of the world as its spots
Two maps that will help you understand how the world has changed in just 52 years. More specifically, how has the average number of children per family changed
How did Turkey’s European diasporte vote in the presidential election – infographic with data in context