Mission Mission came across this map created by San Francisco Pinball Flippers that shows practically every working pinball machines available in San Francisco. Whether it be at a bar, restaurant or club, this map will help you get ride of pesky quarters. Watering holes such as Bender's, Portal's Tavern, Pilsner Tavern, and Mauna Loa have machines just waiting for you to smack the tilt out of them in a beer-fueled rage. Do not disappoint them! more ›

San Francisco loves maps. San Francisco also loves typography. So, the San Francisco Typography Map almost makes too much sense. Names of roads, streets and highways are all meticulously drawn in an impossibly hip typeface (don't mention the word "font", unless you want to be exposed as an impostor) to create this detailed gem from Axis Maps. Real nerds will want to wait for the Limited Edition letterpress prints to be released, but regular-old posters are available now and are probably suitable for framing and hanging in your rented apartment would could collapse in an earthquake at any moment. Seriously though, click through for a close-up. Our lo-res preview doesn't do the work justice. more ›

Remember I Can Haz Cheeseburger? They created this map that denotes each state with a signifying food. California gets grapes. Because of Napa. That, and because a Welch's Concord Grape Juice craze is poised to takeover Bay Area menus any day now. Other notable state foods: Utah's green Jello (burn!), Connecticut hamburger (birthplace of the hamburger sandwich!), Missouri's toasted ravioli (good heavens!), and Nevada's buffets (rad). more ›

Jen and Omar from These Are Things, a mapmaking design team in Columbus, Ohio, just finished working on a map of San Francisco. Lovely, yes? more ›

Although we disagree with California's TV denotation -- we are, if anything, a state brimming with Bad Girls Club hopefuls -- Andrew Shears' whimsical map of the US, featuring TV hits that best represent each state, is in response to this map showing movies that best represent each state. more ›

Generic conceptualized and conceived this shockingly accurate map. Brilliant work. more ›

Eric Fischer created this map (click to enlarge!) based on race and ethnicity. He explains, "I was astounded by Bill Rankin's map of Chicago's racial and ethnic divides and wanted to see what other cities looked like mapped the same way. To match his map, Red is White, Blue is Black, Green is Asian, Orange is Hispanic, Gray is Other, and each dot is 25 people. Data from Census 2000." more ›

We feel it's SFist's sovereign duty to once again show joggers where they can purchase spiked refreshments while prancing throughout the city half naked on Sunday. Check out this map to learn more. more ›

Eric Fischer came across this nifty map of San Francisco from 1862. We can't stop looking at it. Amazing stuff. more ›

Following on the heels of CrimeReports and EveryBlock -- two other handy crime maps -- CrimeMapping.com unveiled their new crime map system. more ›

We've seen this map of San Francisco make the rounds this morning, which makes sense. It is most amusing. We especially enjoy the "Forests of Mystery," "Streets Upon Streets of Silence," and "You're Just Going to Get Mugged" sections of the city more ›

Gosh. Everybody seems to be getting a flu shot, getting the flu, or freaking out about something flu-related. So, who are we not to throw fat on fire? We came across Google's new flu features, and we couldn't be more delighted/scared. See, Google will help you get a flu shot and help you find out more where the flu is attacking. more ›

While this is old news, this map is a great way to navigate info on Recovery Funds affecting San Francisco. Signed into law by Obama on February 17, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is "an historic investment in America's infrastructure, energy technology, education and health care." Which is to say, San Francisco received money. Lots of it. more ›

Here's a handy map that shows where the dastardly Auto Arsonist has flicked his or her Bic. Since Saturday morning, a whopping 11 automobiles have been torched. Why? No one knows yet, exactly. The incidents have happened all over San Francisco, from Ocean Beach to North Beach. more ›

We adore stuff like this, things that boil down the complicated and tenuous class, race and sociopolitical tapestry of San Francisco into convenient sweeping generalizations. And, which ever rapscallion took a black Sharpie to this Muni map, put below the jump due to NSFW art, deserves some sort of award. (In addition to a fine and a slap on the bottom.) It is, in a word, hilarious. more ›

SFGate's 'Scavenger' came up with the above handy Google map, denoting the 20 northern California cities with the highest unemployment rates. While it's not a joyous thing to behold, it is interesting to see where we're at right now in the state. The top spots went to #5: Madera (18.5% unemployment), #4: Salinas (18.7%), #3: Yuba City (19.2%), #2: Ceres (19.2%), and #1: Watsonville (24%). more ›

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One of the perks of being behind-the-scenes here at SFist is that we get to read all of the angry comments that come after a story has moved away from the home (or first five) pages. Typically they are the of the 4a.m. meth'd-out variety (our favorite kind, really). But after a post lingers in purgatory, frequently a MSM news source will pick up on it and it will cull all kinds of fresh voices. Take, for example, the "Map of Prop 8 Donors" post, which has garnered some news comments as of late. Comments we'd like to share with you. more ›

For three months, porta-potties in the Marina, North Beach, and Russian Hill have gone up in flames. Rob Spectre at Dream Not of Today created this illuminating map that shows just where portable outhouses fell victim to San Francisco's favorite evasive arsonist/arsonists. Spectre goes on to report that authorities and citizens are downright flummoxed. more ›

Just in time for your post holiday meltdown, The fine folks over at The Sword have conveniently packaged together a Google map (NSFW!) of public and semi-public locations that have been used as backdrops in some of your favorite homosexual pornographic films. From dingy SoMa bars to glorious Dolores Park, check out who possibly spread their seed all over the bar stool from where you order your frozen Cosmopolitans. more ›

Oh dear. Get ready to freak out. Somebody has gone and created a mash-up of Google Maps and Prop 8 Donors. Which you can see right here. more ›

God bless the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy. Their blog, Pushing Back, claims that there are more medical marijuana spots than Starbucks in San Francisco, adding, the "state 'medical' marijuana laws breed confusion, abuse, and violence in neighborhoods and communities." more ›

Hey, you know those awful flatscreen maps in the subways? The ones with the confusing station names and the pixelated Alcatel diagrams that look like a screengrab from an Atari 2600? Don't get too accustomed to them, because Muni and NextBus are working on something better. It'll take a few weeks -- at least -- but eventually, they'll be replaced by nicer, prettier, more accurate, data. Hooray! That only took, what, a billion fucking years? more ›

Gangsta rap aficionado and geography major Stefanie Gray has conveniently mapped out all of Ludcris' hos from his ditty "Area Codes." Awesome. Here's just a taste of some of his ho-based area code shout outs: more ›