Did you know that the Map Gallery at UC contains nearly 1,000 displays that spotlight fascinating topics from users all around the world?
We recently asked you to tell us about some of your favorite maps from UC. The following is a collection of the maps you’ve identified as some of the most memorable from the past few years.
Tracking the Economic Disaster in the United States
This innovative wooden map, created by Daniel Mason at Cal Poly, Pomona, displays each state’s unemployment rate (shown by elevation) and population density (shown by wood type). In addition to earning first place in the Most Unique category, this map also won the UC People’s Choice Award in 2011.
Aboveground Woody Biomass and Carbon Stock of the Coterminous United States
Greg Fiske of Woods Hole Research Center created this map showing live dry biomass and carbon stock for the United States. It earned second place in the Best Data Integration category in 2011.
The Geography of Lost and the Multiverse of Fringe
Jonah Adkins created these maps depicting storylines from two of his favorite science fiction TV shows in a geographic context. The Lost map recreates the fictional island from the show while the Fringe map displays where events have occurred over the first four seasons of the series.
Geo-Genealogy of Irish Surnames
Ken Field, formerly a lecturer at Kingston University and now a member of Esri’s Mapping Center team, created this map showing the concentration and distribution of people with various Irish surnames in 1890. It earned first place in the Most Unique category and won the UC People’s Choice Award in 2009.
The Beautiful Game
Ken also created this innovative map that reimagines the world as a group of soccer balls of varying sizes that relate to the number of professional teams in each country. In addition to once again winning first place in the Most Unique category, this map was selected as the Best Overall Winner in 2010.
Footprint of a City
RBF Consulting and CTG Energetics analyzed emissions for a portion of San Diego to generate a carbon footprint for the city. Freeways and transportation hubs (such as the airport) generate more emissions while lower density areas and open spaces (such as Balboa Park) produce considerably less.
Do you have other favorites that aren’t listed here? Post your pics on our Facebook page or tweet your fav and tag it with #uclove and we’ll add them to this post.