Category Archives: Maps

I’m now working for SkyTruth on an exciting environmental “Big Data” project, Global Fishing Watch. Just last week, a number of my colleagues published a paper in Science, which you can read about in this blog post I wrote. The … Continue reading →

When traveling across China by bicycle, I was amazed by how we seemed to pass a new power plant almost every day. I found myself wanting a map of where the power plants were in the country. Are they everywhere, … Continue reading →

On Lindsey’s and my recent journey across Asia, I was sure to record every day on our Garmin GPS. This not only helped me get a few “King of the Mountains” on Strava, but more importantly, it allowed us to … Continue reading →

Here’s a little project I’ve been working on: All of the world’s reservoirs, as seen by the GRanD database. I think it still needs a few tweaks — let me know if anything looks off. Reservoir capacity is proportional to … Continue reading →

I recently re-edited my film Ten Tips for Biking Eastern Europe to submit to the Banff Film Festival (yes, a reach, but why not?). I had to alter the film because the old version uses Google Earth to show our … Continue reading →

This following graphic comes courtesy of WRI, which shows where new coal power plants have been proposed. According to a new report by WRI, there are 1,199 planned around the globe, more than half of which will be built in … Continue reading →

To help tell the story of Pakistan’s dilema of both too much and too little water, I made this video last week using Google Earth, iShowU HD, and Final Cut Pro. To highlight the countries in Google Earth, I used … Continue reading →

This past weekend, I attended the Science Writers 2011 annual meeting, which was held in Flagstaff, Arizona this year. I led the do-it-yourself data visualization workshop, where I showed people how to make a google map with markers displaying where … Continue reading →