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Parag Khanna
Where on Earth will people live in the future?
Posted
Jul 2022
12:39
Alison Killing
How data-driven journalism illuminates patterns of injustice
Posted
Jul 2022
4:39
Kayla Wolf
The biggest mistakes in mapmaking history
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May 2022
5:57
Jack Dangermond
An ever-evolving map of everything on Earth
Posted
Nov 2021
4:39
Kayla Wolf
Why every world map is wrong
Posted
Mar 2021
22:12
Jack Dangermond
How a geospatial nervous system could help us design a better future
Posted
Feb 2021
7:32
Tawanda Kanhema
My journey mapping the uncharted world
Posted
Jan 2021
8:35
Rebecca Firth
Can we call it a "world map" if it's missing a billion people?
Posted
Aug 2020
4:30
Elizabeth Leane
The dangerous race for the South Pole
Posted
Dec 2018
3:14
Michael Bierut
The genius of the London Tube Map
Posted
Mar 2018
17:10
Robert Muggah
The biggest risks facing cities — and some solutions
Posted
Nov 2017
6:10
Jeff Kirschner
This app makes it fun to pick up litter
Posted
Feb 2017
14:07
Danny Dorling
Maps that show us who we are (not just where we are)
Posted
Nov 2016
12:43
R. Luke DuBois
Insightful human portraits made from data
Posted
Apr 2016
20:34
Parag Khanna
How megacities are changing the map of the world
Posted
Apr 2016
7:20
Daniele Quercia
Happy maps
Posted
Jan 2015
9:44
Dan Berkenstock
The world is one big dataset. Now, how to photograph it ...
Posted
Feb 2014
10:20
Frederic Kaplan
How to build an information time machine
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Jan 2014
13:50
Greg Asner
Ecology from the air
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Nov 2013
16:36
Aris Venetikidis
Making sense of maps
Posted
Sep 2012
7:45
Blaise Agüera y Arcas
Augmented-reality maps
Posted
Feb 2010
2:42
Derek Sivers
Weird, or just different?
Posted
Jan 2010
18:03
Charles Fleischer
All things are Moleeds
Posted
Jan 2010
2:54
Lalitesh Katragadda
Making maps to fight disaster, build economies
Posted
Jan 2010
18:53
Parag Khanna
Mapping the future of countries
Posted
Sep 2009
6:10
Stephen Lawler
Tour Microsoft's Virtual Earth
Posted
Jun 2007
10:03
Steven Johnson
How the "ghost map" helped end a killer disease
Posted
Jan 2007
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