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Working with Line Maps, the Google Places API, and R

Tutorials / Google, MySQL, Python, R

A frequent challenge of visualization is behind the scenes, to get the data and to mold it into the format you need. Do that. Then map.
Treemap art

Data Art / Ben Shneiderman, treemap

Ben Shneiderman invented the treemap in the 1990s to visualize the hierarchical contents…
Where NFL quarterbacks throw

Maps / football, Grantland, sports

Kirk Goldsberry, known for his basketball analysis and shot charts, has applied his…
Crunching the wedding numbers

Statistical Visualization / n-gram, wedding

Weddings are special events where friends and family come together to celebrate, and…
Weather models, a visual comparison

Statistical Visualization / weather

Forecast, one of the best if not the best quick-look weather sites, uses…
UK Census at risk

Statistics / census

There is a possibility the UK Census is scrapped for cheaper options next…
Age of city buildings

Maps / age, buildings

When we think about the age of cities, it’s common to think of…
London to Brighton train ride, 1953-2013

Visualization / BBC, train, video

In 1953, the BBC filmed a train ride from London to Brighton and…
Most popular porn searches, by state

Data Underload / porn, search

We’ve seen that we can learn from what people search for, through the…
Data in the service of humanity

Statistics / Jake Porway, talk

For this rainy Labor Day, here’s an uplifting talk by DataKind founder Jake…
WTF visualizations

Ugly Charts / Tumblr

There are a lot of poorly conceived graphics that make little sense or…
Etymology and word usage when you ‘define’ with Google

Visualization / define, Google

Pro tip: When you Google “define <INSERT WORD HERE>” and open the information…
Playgrounds for everyone →

Maps / NPR, playgrounds

NPR digs into accessible playgrounds, because everyone should get to play.
Remember running…
In search of food deserts

Data Underload / food desert, grocery

Last time I looked at where major grocery stores are across the United…
The inventor of modern probability

Statistics / Andrei Kolmogorov

Andrei Kolmogorov is a name unfamiliar to most, but his work had lasting…
British relationships throughout history

Network Visualization / Britain, degrees, Scott Murray

In Kindred Britain, Nicholas Jenkins, Elijah Meeks and Scott Murray provide a visual…
A master’s degree in statistics is worthwhile

Statistics / education, graduate school

Statistician (and brand new PhD student) Jerzy Wieczorek explains the usefulness of a…
Network of shared flavors

Network Visualization / food, Jan Willem Tulp, Scientific American

Jan Willem Tulp, for this month’s Scientific American food issue, recreated the flavor…
Learn to make animated information graphics

Infographics

Graham Roberts, a graphics and multimedia editor at The New York Times, is…
Pickle Index for population estimation

Statistics / China, population

As China moves forward with a plan to move 250 million people to…

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