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Maps & Geography

A map can be much more than a way to get somewhere. These websites use geography to help you understand how places relate to one another and how the world changes depending on what you choose to look at.

  • By Derek Taylor and The Pudding

    See how climate patterns may reshape cities in the decades ahead.

    World map of colored climate zones with the large title “Climate Zones” and the prompt “How will your city feel in the future?” displayed in the center.
  • By Cameron Beccario and Nullschool Technologies Inc.

    Watch winds, currents, and atmospheric systems flow across a living Earth.

    Globe visualization centered on North America, with swirling blue, green, and red wind patterns over a black background.
  • By Matt Daniels and The Pudding

    Compare cities around the world using rich data visualizations that represent population, density and scale.

    3D population map of Southern California showing green vertical population spikes around Los Angeles and San Diego.
  • By Neal Agarwal and Neal.fun

    Collectively steer a car through Google Street View with strangers online.

    Internet Roadtrip street-view driving scene in Philadelphia, showing city streets, traffic lights, a road-work sign, and a steering wheel interface.
  • By Alex Wellerstein

    Visualize the scale and consequences of nuclear detonations anywhere on Earth.

    NUKEMAP interface showing a map of North America with New York selected as the target and controls for choosing a nuclear weapon yield and detonation options.
  • By Jonathan Puckey, Moniker + 1 more

    Drift between live radio stations across the planet.

    Radio Garden's globe centred on North America, dotted with green live-radio stations, with a Boston station playing in the lower-left controls.
  • By Matt Daniels and The Pudding

    See when cities across the United States last experienced record heat.

    Pale globe centered on Asia and Australia with the text “Days since a city had a record-high temperature” across the middle.
  • By Garth Henning and The Running Reality Organization

    Explore world history through an interconnected map of events and ideas.

    Interactive historical map of Britain showing the Kingdom of East Anglia highlighted, a Viking invasion route, a timeline across the top, and an information panel on the left.
  • By Damon Maneice and James Talmage

    Drag countries across the globe and confront the distortions of map projections.

    Map of Africa with a translucent blue outline of the contiguous United States overlaid across the continent, illustrating how large the U.S. would appear when placed over western and central Africa.
  • By Carbon Brief and Rosamund Pearce

    Explore the energy sources used to generate electricity across the United States.

    Map of the United States at night covered with colorful circles representing different electricity-generation sources, beneath the title “Mapped: How the US generates electricity.”
  • By Ivo and Windyty, SE

    Watch weather systems drift and unfold across the planet in real time.

    Colorful weather visualization centered on North America, with swirling green, blue, yellow, and red atmospheric patterns showing large-scale wind systems.
  • By Neal Agarwal and Neal.fun

    Jump between strange, beautiful, and surreal moments captured around the world.

    Large carved stone head sculpture outdoors on a grassy hillside beneath a bright blue sky.
  • A browser-based live 3D experience that lets you explore views from aircraft and satellites, rendering the sky…

    View through an airplane window over a dark landscape at sunset, with a purple sky and orange horizon.
  • By Greggman

    Tokyo Trains is an interactive visualization of Tokyo’s railway network with time playback, date selection…

    Detailed 3D view of a Tokyo railway station complex, with dense multilevel tracks, platforms, and passageways rendered in bright colored lines against a dark background.