Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

National Geographic Maps the Gulf of Mexico’s Oil Infrastructure
The October issue of National Geographic includes a map supplement that shows the Gulf of Mexico’s oil infrastructure; it doesn’t so much map the Deepwater Horizon oil spill as its context. A zoomable version is available online. The verso…
The Times-Picayune’s Interactive Oil Spill Map
With the wellhead capped this is rapidly approaching old news, but it’s still worth admiring the cartographic virtues of the Times-Picayune’s interactive map of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, with a timeline from April 20 to July 28. Via Andrew…
More Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Maps
Above, a MODIS image from NASA’s Terra satellite, taken last Saturday, showing the spread of the Deepwater Horizon slick in the Gulf of Mexico. NOAA has released an interactive map that “integrates the latest data the federal responders have…
More on the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
An image of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico taken on Monday by the MODIS instrument on NASA’s Terra satellite: Via multiple sources, this animation is a computer model of how the oil spill might spread…
Time-Lapse Video of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
NASA has produced a time-lapse video of the expanding Gulf of Mexico oil slick: “This short video reveals a space-based view of the burning oil rig and, later, the ensuing oil spill through May 24. The timelapse uses imagery…
The New York Times’s Interactive Oil Spill Map
The New York Times’s interactive map of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is up to their usual standard; it has a timeline slider and shows currents and sensitive shorelands. Via geoparadigm. Previously: Mapping the Gulf of Mexico Oil…
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Update
Uh-oh: “Many of the maps that the federal government depends on to determine which coastal resources are at risk in the event of a nearby oil spill are outdated, the administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday.”…
Mapping the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
NASA’s Earth Observatory has posted a number of images of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, taken by the MODIS instruments on NASA’s Aqua and Terra satellites. The photo above was taken on April 29….