2016

Greater access to clean water

Statistical Visualization / bestiario, National Geographic, water

National Geographic, in collaboration with Bestiario, looks at the improving accessibility to clean…
Simulation shows why polls don’t always match future results

Infographics / polling, simulation, uncertainty

With election season in full swing, as far as the news is concerned…
Link

What Makes Software Good? →

Coding / d3js, link, Mike Bostock

Thoughtfulness in design from d3.js maker Mike Bostock. One of the main reasons I go with d3.js over other libraries.
Moving to the “worst” place in America

Statistics / ranking

In 1999, the Department of Agriculture published a Natural Amenities Scale that took…
Evolving graphics department at the New York Times

News / New York Times

Ken Doctor for Nieman Lab had a chat with Steve Duenes from the…
Never Been Married

Data Underload / marriage

Some people never get married, and some wait longer than others. Let’s look at these people.
Basketball shot charts, make your own

Statistical Visualization / basketball, shot chart

Based on data from the NBA stats API and using the visual layout…
What I Use to Visualize Data

Guides / tools

“What tool should I learn? ” I hesitate to answer, because I use what works best for me, which isn’t necessarily the best for someone else or the “best” overall. Nevertheless, here’s my toolset.
Send map tiles to 3-D printer

Maps / 3-D printing, Mapzen, OpenStreeMap

Mapzen, which offers a vector tile service, made Tile Exporter, so that you…
Hurricane simulations show severe flooding in Houston

Maps / hurricane, ProPublica, Texas Tribune

In 2008, Hurricane Ike blew just past the Houston Ship Channel, “home to…
Marrying Age

Data Underload / marriage

People get married at various ages, but there are definite trends that vary across demographic groups. What do these trends look like?
Cell reception on the subway, mapped

Maps / mobile, New York, subway

Daniel Goddemeyer and Dominikus Baur grew interested in cell reception while on the…
Super Tuesday simulation to show uncertainty

Infographics / elections, simulation, uncertainty, Upshot

As we know, there are various outcomes during election season, with uncertainty in…
Impact of Best Picture Oscar nomination on profit

Infographics / box office, movies, Oscars

I think the general assumption is that getting an Oscar nomination for Best…
Possible paths for a Trump nomination loss or win

Infographics / elections, government, simulation, Upshot

It pains me to imagine a time when Donald Drumpf earns a Republican…
Screen-capping Google Maps for traffic

Software / Google Maps, screen capture

Alyson Hurt quickly wrote some code to take screen captures of a Google…
Vega-Lite for quick online charts

Software / Trifacta

A few years ago, Trifacta released Vega, a “visualization grammar” that lets you…
Link

Perceptual Scaling of Map Symbols →

Design / link, scaling

Scale circles by area or by how they are actually perceived?
Code as microorganism

Data Art / code, GitHub

Taking a step beyond 2-D glyphs, Codeology depicts GitHub user activity based on…
How much warmer your city was in 2015

Statistical Visualization / environment, New York Times, temperature

It was hotter in 2015 than any other year ever. K. K. Rebecca…

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