Extract CSV data from PDF files with Tabula. A collaborative project from Mozilla Open News.

Data visualization group Dataveyes looks closer at the Paris metro system from a…

Over the last 12 years, astronauts have taken a lot of pictures from…

Periscopic founders Kim Rees and Dino Citraro spoke with Co.Design on what makes…

The healthvis R package tries to make creation of interactive graphics easier by rendering in D3.

The example repository for Mining the Social Web if you’re interested in getting started. The Twitter examples rely on a soon to be defunct API, because the book was written in 2011, but the rest is still valid.

How much space is there per person in different countries? Andrew Bergmann for…

If you’ve ever looked at ticket prices for sporting events, you probably noticed…

As summer rolls around here on this side of the planet, CBC News…

Looking for a data scientist? Here’s what you should look for skills-wise.

I’m gonna be out of the country for a while. If all goes…

Long distances (and big numbers) can be difficult grasp. Designers Jesse Williams and…

There’s a strand of the data viz world that argues that everything could…

Melting snowpacks feed into streams and rivers and serve as a source of…

Whoa, that was fast. Data Points is now available. Thanks to all of…

This appeared at my door today. It’s awesome.
I suspect those who pre-ordered…

Employee theft accounts for billions of dollars of lost merchandise per year, so…

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, cab drivers and chauffeurs make a…

Imperative vs Declarative programming. In the former you tell the computer how to do something, whereas with the latter, you tell the computer what to do. Worthwhile knowing with the recent launch of Vega. [via]

Cartographer Kenneth Field argues that mapping on the Web isn’t really new. The technology is new, but the underlying cartography needs to remain as foundation for the area to move forward.