A section of the new population map created by the Center for Climate Systems Research shows increasing populations in coastal areas, which will expose 2.75 billion people worldwide to the effects of ...

The work has humanitarian applications, but it could also benefit Facebook’s commercial interests The work has humanitarian applications, but it could also benefit Facebook’s commercial interests is a ...

Hundreds of decisions—how to build roads, where to send medicine, how to plan for natural disasters—depend on knowing where people live. Over the past few decades, population maps have become powerful ...

Ever wonder what America would look like if each state were equal in population? An artist and urban planner has redrawn the map of the United States to show what it would look like if the same number ...

NOTE: View updated 2014 population estimates. The following map shows Census population estimates for all U.S. cities with populations exceeding 50,000. Markers represent the percentage change in ...

The BBC reported this weekend on a new program by Sheffield University researchers that distorts geographic maps with population data. The series of cartographic designs emphasizes areas with ...

Population density maps are always good fun. And this one showing US states is no exception. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content. As ...