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This beautiful map was created by Charles Joseph Minard a round 1860s. He is one of the fathers of modern infographics. Here he visualises the vast German migration streams heading to the US via Hamburg and Bremen. Looking at it, it's no surprise that so many North Americans trace their roots back to German-speaking Europe. Australia received Brits in large numbers.

So nerdy! Freaking awesome.

Terrible names for a Utah MLB Team Entry #1: The Inversion

What a 5,000 km Radius Around Paris Looks Like on a Mercator Map

When Two Competing Grid Systems Collide More about how this happened: brilliantmaps.com/two-grid-syste…

@GoWithJordan_ I haven't read the book yet, but what percent of US LDS membership is reported as disaffiliating?

New data coming out about how many people have been leaving the LDS church is shocking! Using the decade 2000–2009 as a baseline, the rate of disaffiliation multiplied dramatically in over the next three successive five year periods. Christians we have so many opportunities to get the gospel to these people who are leaving! Most of them become atheists which is upsetting.

This world map reminds us of the multitude of languages that humans created to communicate with each other. Today we estimate that about 25 languages die every year. Fewer modes of human expression...

New #StoryMaps update: I recently helped the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society turning their research project on local night birds into a website Explore the piece, listen to the bird calls and see the map here: arcg.is/0yPrO4

Nice bit of #mapsinthewild graphic design on this Forbes cover story forbes.com/sites/kellyphi…

Show off your best maps! 🗺️ 🙌 Got a map that tells a powerful story? Submit it by May 29 for a chance to be featured in the Map Gallery. 🔹Submit here: bit.ly/4dnGSrO #EsriUC2026

🎨Alternative text. Color contrast. Headings and repeatable structure. Little choices have big impacts on a story's #accessibility. Learn the basics in this NEW tutorial series—Foundations of accessible storytelling with #maps. ow.ly/vbo750Z2FUQ #GAAD #StoryMaps

#MapsInTheWild map of Canadian universities, spotted in the library at the Embassy of Canada in Tokyo Nothing beats the classic cartography method for showing provinces with “an inner tint band (Buffalo tint) under a thicker semitransparent wash”

What do Italy’s “boot,” Florida’s “panhandle,” and animal-shaped coastlines have in common? They are examples of cartopareidolia, the tendency to see familiar people, animals, and objects in maps. #cartography #geography buff.ly/WZw0q9Q buff.ly/WZw0q9Q

@CharlesRobbins @amazon I hate it when they place packages right outside my garage door, inline with my tire tread marks, ensuring that if I don't notice the package, it gets run over.

@amazon - maybe have your drivers put the packages by the door, not in the yard 3 feet from the sidewalk!

@BrilliantMaps It would be nice to represent them by hexbins symbolized by population density or proportional symbols sized by total population and centered on the census block with the highest population density in the MSA.

@BrilliantMaps Do metropolitan areas have to include whole counties? Reno looks ridiculously out of proportion as do several western areas.

Map Of US Metro Areas Over 500k People Full list: brilliantmaps.com/metro-areas-ov…

Collaborating with the awesome Jonni Walker on this Vancouver AIS visual featuring @Kpler data on top of what is probably the most stunning map I've seen created in @Mapbox! Kudos Jonni 🙌 #dataviz #motion #gis #maps #ais

@rob_alvord I would have liked him to stay with the Jazz, but all teams whiff. Why did the Bulls and the Cavs give up on Lauri?

Wait, why did the Jazz give up on him?