Have a tip about cycling in NYC you want to share with the masses? The New York Times is hoping to be that destination with this interactive bike wisdom map. Useful.
WIRED did some reporting on how MapBox is combining several layers of satellite imagery to create what is essentially a cloudless atlas. Why? Because maps without clouds are clearer to read and a little more interesting to look at as it shows an image of the globe unlike what we normally see from NASA images [...]
I like this a lot: Deadspin put together maps of the continental US (sorry Hawaii and Alaska!) of where IHOP and Waffle House locations are based. IHOP is the clear winner in terms of expansion, but IHOP doesn’t have anything like the Waffle House Index (a way of determining how bad hurricanes are based on whether [...]