For Retool, Glenn Fleishman looks back to a time when data on the…
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Visual history of Yahoo Pipes
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Historical chart valued at $7.5m
The map sold for $239,000 at a Christie’s auction, but it was misdated…
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Preserving Visualization Work that Will Probably Break or Disappear
Not everything has to be permanent, but it would be nice if the best visualization projects were still available many years from now.
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Unreturned Native American remains, mapped
A law was passed in 1990 that allowed Native American tribes to request…
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Origins of the world map
Mapping the entire planet is not exactly a straightforward thing to do, especially…
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Information Graphic Visionaries delivered
Visualization still seems like a relatively new thing, but it has a history…
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Florence Nightingale’s use of data visualization to persuade in the 19th century
For Scientific American, RJ Andrews looks back at the visualization work of Florence…
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Mapping the boundaries of history
While geographic boundaries can often seem like a semi-static thing, they’ve changed a…
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1950 Census released by U.S. National Archives
For privacy reasons, there’s a 72-year restriction on individual Census records, which include…
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David Rumsey Map Center, cataloging historical works
The David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford houses hundreds of thousands of maps…
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Olympic champions versus past Olympians
With the 2020 Olympics wrapped up, The New York Times raced this year’s…
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Graphs before anyone knew what they were
Michael Friendly and Howard Wainer have a new book out: A History of…
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Information Graphic Visionaries, a book series
The Information Graphic Visionaries book series just launched on Kickstarter. Emma Willard, Florence…
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Exhibition of historical visualization
RJ Andrews, in collaboration with the David Rumsey Map Center, curated a collection…
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Visualizing black America in 1900
The visualization work of W.E.B. Du Bois and his students has been on…
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Historical data visualization panel
Manuel Lima hosted a free online panel with Michale Friendly and Sandra Rendgen…
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Data shelf life
Stephen M. Stigler argues that data have a limited shelf life. The abstract:…
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The early beginnings of visual thinking
Visualization is a relatively new field. Sort of. The increased availability of data…
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What is R, what it was, and what it will become
Roger Peng provides a lesson on the roots of R and how it…
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The role of cartography in early global explorations
For Lapham’s Quarterly, Elizabeth Della Zazzera turns back the clock to maps used…