“This map was constructed by sorting roughly 800,000 published papers into 776 different scientific paradigms (shown as pale circular nodes) based on how often the papers were cited together by authors of other papers. Links (curved black lines) were made between the paradigms that shared papers, then treated as rubber bands, holding similar paradigms nearer one another when a physical simulation forced every paradigm to repel every other; thus the layout derives directly from the data. Larger paradigms have more papers; node proximity and darker links indicate how many papers are shared between two paradigms. Flowing labels list common words unique to each paradigm, large labels general areas of scientific inquiry.” Credit: Research & Node Layout: Kevin Boyack and Dick Klavans (mapofscience.com); Data: Thompson ISI; Graphics & Typography: W. Bradford Paley (didi.com/brad); Commissioned Katy Börner (scimaps.org). Read ( a little) more over at Seed Magazine.

“The Web Trend Map plots the Internet’s leading names and domains onto the Tokyo Metro map. Domains and personalities are carefully selected through dialogue with map enthusiasts, and every domain is evaluated based on traffic, revenue, and character.”

About Information Architects: “Brands are interfaces. Successful brands perform and evolve in a controlled, interactive process with their audience. Performance empowers the brand. iA plans, builds, and manages interactive brands by continuously measuring and optimizing the performance of their user interfaces. iA’s offices in Tokyo and Zürich serve clients from Japan, Germany and Switzerland.”

“Engine of Our Ingenuity” (University of Houston) / Samuel Roberts Wells, “Symbolical Head, Illustrating the Natural Language of the Faculties.”, How to Read Character: A New Illustrated Hand-Book of Phrenology and Physiognomy, for Students and Examiners; with a Descriptive Chart, New York, Fowler & Wells Co., Pubs., [1870]1891, p.36.

MAPCO Map And Plan Collection Online: Panorama Of The River Thames In 1845.

David Rumsey Map Collection: Key to the panorama from Point Sublime- looking east. (1895) / “The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection has over 18,460 maps online. The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century. North American and South American maps and other cartographic materials.”