Reuben Fischer-Baum/Deadspin - Is Your State’s Highest-Paid Employee A Coach? (2013)

Our highest paid public employees tend to be university athletics coaches, but there’s a bit more to the story than that. Hop over to Deadspin and read the full explanation.

From: Jeff Clark - Movement in Manhattan (2012)

Using the timestamps and geocodes of tweets, Clark investigates the generalized flow of people across Manhattan. Not surprisingly, it’s pretty chaotic. Click through for additional maps, which break things down based on the time of day.

http://neoformix.com/2012/MovementInManhattan.html

Freecell Architecture - New Littles (2011)

A more illustrative approach to mapping race and demographics.

Bruce Roberts, Inc - A Map of Chicago’s Gangland (1931)

Apparently, “Designed to inculcate the most important principles of piety and virtue in young persons, and graphically portray the evils and sin of large cities.”

Not the sort of aesthetic you’d expect from a gang territory map. How weird and/or cool is it that the  north arrow is a handgun?

Katherine Baxter - Times New York Poster (2006)

Baxter’s work is nothing short of magical. Striking from a distance, and looking up-close reveals masterful draftsmanship.

Daniel Carvalho - Chuva Muito Louca (2012)

‘Very Crazy Rain’: A collection of events where weird things fell from the sky. The perfect blend of rich illustration and neat information.

illustratedvancouver:

Map of downtown Vancouver by Dennis Smith, a promotional for SFU campus downtown designed to be printed as a large format mural approximately 8ft by 4ft. This map includes a number of drawings seen previously here.

(via time-for-maps)

Stanley Smith - Great Britain (1956)

Note that the more accurate title would be ‘British Isles’, since this map focuses on Ireland, too. This region seems to be a magnet for maps in that attractive midcentury  letterpress style: see this one for another favorite example.