timelapse map of recession/unemployment in the US. 2009-2011. Very effective if coupled with Forbes map on migration http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2011/migration.html
Shows how unemployment is not evenly distributed across US states
Very interactive map of migration in the US 2005-2009, Shows in and out migration. If you needed a better demonstration of the Gravity Model or Ravenstein....this is it.
The first detailed digital soil map of sub-Saharan Africa is to be created.
The £12m ($17.5m) project will offer farmers in 42 countries a "soil health diagnosis" and advice on crop yields.
A map launched at the Science Museum in London has been developed using the latest peer-reviewed science from the Met Office Hadley Centre and other leading impact scientists. It shows that the land will heat up more quickly than the sea, and high latitudes, particularly the Arctic, will have larger temperature increases