Using the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention annual maps from 1985 through 2010, we created a time-lapse map that shows how obesity rates have risen across the country.
A research institute has compiled obesity data on the neighborhood level and built a map that allows you to see how they compare. RTI International’s map was built using data from sources like the CDC and the U.S. Census. You can read about RTI’s methodology here. The obesity data we’ve seen so far have been mostly […]
SkyTruth is a West Virginia organization which, according to the Discovery Channel, uses “technology such as remote sensing and digital mapping to highlight environmental problems.” In its latest project, SkyTruth used U.S. Geological Survey data to create an interactive map of all the abandoned mines in the country’s records, and ended up showing an enormous number […]
The city guide app Foursquare and custom online mapmaker MapBox have combined to track each state’s most popular vice — that is, which sinful indulgence do people in each state prefer more than people in other states. As Business Insider reported, people in New York were found to prefer picklebacks — shots of whiskey chased by […]
No way is Southern California better than Maine.
Can you guess where in Maine has the highest rate of STDs?
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