Nathan Yau

Over a year ago, Google released Dataset Search in public beta. The goal…

Using one of my recent projects as an example, I describe my non-elegant process of making a quick chart.

So get this. There are these things called radio stations that broadcast music…

File another one under the sounds-good-on-paper-but-really-challenging-in-practice. Kashmir Hill, for The New York Times,…

For The New York Times, Jennifer Valentino-DeVries looked at the current state of…

Following up on his mini-app to draw ridgeline maps for elevation, Andrei Kashcha…

For the Absurd America section of The Washington Post, Sergio Peçanha asks the…

A 3-D rendered map of Australia depicting a month of bushfires grew popular last week. Some thought it misleading. Others thought it was okay. It’s probably somewhere in the middle of that.

The Washington Post asked Democratic candidates a series of policy questions. To see…

When I think government structure, I tend to think in general overviews where…

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In 2007, Noah Kalina posted a time-lapse video…

It’s difficult to emphasize how much life changes when a child comes into…

Based on a Morning Consult/Politico survey, most people don’t know where Iran is:…

Outside of Australia, it can be a challenge to get a grasp of…

For those new to visualization, learning all of the methods, implementations, tools, and guidelines can seem like a daunting task. Not to mention everything that happens before the actual visualizing, such as analysis, data formatting, and context-making. You don’t have to learn it all at once.

In 2018, there was a squirrel census count at Central Park in New…

The New York Times zoomed in on southeastern Australia where the fires have…

With all of the maps of fire in Australia, be sure to check…