The fine folks from Information Architects have done it once again. I love maps, all sizes and shapes the odder the subject matter the more obtuse the cartographic experience the better. There are two maps that hang in my office at work one is the Opte.org project a long dormant project, last updated in 2005, last map from 2003 which attempted to map the Internet in one day. The chaos that was produced is beautiful static.

The other is last years version of the Web Trends Map from iA. A graphic playground of data mined from the popular impressions and practical uses of online entities. All of this mapped onto the Tokyo Metro train map. in iA’s own words. Why? Because it works beautifully. This year’s version has a new bold graphic style and the same great information. Each year the techniques used to create the map seem to be honed a bit finer and the result that much more stunning. Read the rest of this entry »