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A weekly dispatch of new maps, visual stories and useful data. No noise, just perspective.

What is in each issue

  1. The map of the week

    One new map, before it goes anywhere else.

  2. The story behind it

    A few paragraphs on what it shows and why it matters.

  3. The data and the method

    Where the data came from and how the map was made, with links.

Field notes from SpatialStat

The Aral Sea, month by month

Data: EC JRC/Google, Global Surface Water

How an issue is laid out. The first issue goes out with the first published map.

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