We often visualize migration and people movement as lines that go from point A to point B. While this can …
Nathanael Aff poked at LEGO brickset data with some text mining methods in search for recurring color schemes in LEGO …
HARVEST is an art piece by Julian Oliver that consists of a 4G-connected waterproof computer connected to a wind turbine. …
Elijah Meeks released Semiotic into the wild. It’s a framework that allows quick charts but provides flexibility for custom stuff. …
I’ve grown bored of maps that show commuter traffic, but for whatever reason, air traffic maps continue to seem interesting. …
When there are too many options or categories, it can be helpful to make the data searchable.
About two decades ago, the Cassini satellite headed towards Saturn and has been orbiting the planet for 13 years. The …
Visual editor Xaquín G.V. recently used the distracted boyfriend meme to represent our attraction to novel visualization methods when a …
Downloading and viewing satellite imagery is a bit of a process. There are lot of images, and pictures aren’t taken …
For perspective, The New York Times compares the strength of Hurricane Irma to hurricanes from the past 50 years that …
The shifting majorities of the sexes in the workplace.
This is who marries whom, based on what one does for a living.
Apples and oranges situations where the comparisons make no sense.
This is how Airbnb visitors judge location, which provides a view into where city centers begin and end.
What percentage of a waiter and waitress’s income comes from tips and what comes from salary? The calculation isn’t straightforward but we can try.
Some jobs tend towards higher divorce rates. Some towards lower. Salary also probably plays a role.
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Something of a cross between a reference table and a map, the state grid provides equal space to each state and a semblance of the country to quickly pick out individual states.
Sometimes it’s useful to animate the multiple lines instead of showing them all at once.
For the times your data represents immediate changes in value.
Mean, median, and mode. These are the first things you learn about in your introductory statistics course. It’s often all …
The histogram is one of my favorite basic chart types, because it lets you quickly see the shape and distribution …
Many charts don’t tell the truth. This is a simple guide to spotting them.
