Which sandwich do people not like the most? The winner: the Cheese and Tomato, if that even counts as an actual sandwich.
Nathan Yau
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Least Preferred Sandwich
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Warped shape of the galaxy
Dorota M. Skowron et al. made the first 3-D map of the galaxy.…
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Why you shouldn’t use ZIP Codes for spatial analysis
For Carto, Matt Forrest explains why you shouldn’t use ZIP codes for spatial…
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How an earthquake can trigger others on the opposite side of the world
Speaking of earthquakes, Will Chase looked back at a 2012 earthquake in Sumatra…
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Earthquake trigger
For The New York Times, Derek Watkins used animated maps to show how…
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Who Inspired Visualization Practitioners to Become Visualization Practitioners (The Process #51)
For everyone who does data visualization for a living right now, there was someone who came before.
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Imaging Earth on the daily
Over the past four years, Planet deployed 293 satellites in low orbit to…
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Light from the center of the galaxy
This animated interactive explains how a research group is using light to measure…
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Best Burger Ranks
Survey participants were asked to grade fast food burger restaurants on eight criteria. This is how each restaurant ranked.
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A quiz to see if you’re rich
In a compare-your-preconceptions-against-reality quiz, The Upshot asks, “Are you rich?” Enter your nearest…
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Gerry, a font based on gerrymandered congressional districts
Gerry uses congressional district boundaries as letters. Hahahahaha. Oh wait.…
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Visualization Tools and Resources, July 2019 Roundup (The Process #50)
Every month I collect useful visualization tools and resources. Here’s the good stuff for July.
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Why People Move
Here are the estimates from the Current Population Survey for the most recent time segment between 2017 and 2018.
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How to Make Baseline Charts in R
By shifting the baseline to a reference point, you can focus a line chart on relative change, which can improve the visibility of smaller categories.
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Natural selection simulation
Using blobbies with varying traits such as size, speed, and food gathering ability,…
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Illustrated color theory
Lauren Baldo illustrated how he applies color theory in his paintings and illustrations.…
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Peak accommodation type at national parks
When staying at national parks, some people choose a tent. Some bring an…
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Maps of the movies and their characters
Andrew DeGraff painted maps that show the geography in movies and their characters’…
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Blanket pattern visualizes baby’s sleep data
Seung Lee collected sleep data for his son’s first year. Then he knitted…
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Isotype, a picture language
Jason Forrest delves into the history of a single Isotype and a bit…
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