Nathan Yau

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Voronoi Diagram and Delaunay Triangulation in R

Tutorials / Delaunay, R, voronoi

The deldir package by Rolf Turner makes the calculations and plotting straightforward, with a few lines of code.
A year of home energy usage, by the hour

Self-surveillance / energy

Michael VanDaniker found that his energy provider, Baltimore Gas and Electric, provides customers…
Rising death rates for white women

Statistical Visualization / mortality, Washington Post

Overall life expectancy continues to increase, but looking at it from the other…
US surveillance flight paths for the FBI and Homeland Security

Maps / BuzzFeed, government, privacy, surveillance

Peter Aldhous and Charles Seife dug into flight path data, specifically looking for…
Treating visualization as a process

Statistics / process

Many people think of visualization as a plug-in tool that spits out something…
Data USA makes government data easier to explore

Apps / government, open data

Government data is, shall we say, not the easiest to use and look…
A visual recreation of the Porsche driving experience

Data Art / driving, Porsche

This is beautiful work by digital art and design studio onformative. They recreate…
A Week with the WeMo Insight Switch

Internet of Things / smart home, WeMo

The WeMo Insight Switch from Belkin lets you remotely control a power outlet…
Flyover Country app tells you about the ground beneath as you fly

Maps / app, flying, GPS

Before your next flight, road trip, or hike, download the Flyover Country app…
Changing river path seen through satellite images

Maps / environment, river, satellite

Sedimentary geologist Zoltan Sylvester downloaded Landsat data using Earth Explorer and strung together…
Divorce Rates for Different Groups

Data Underload / divorce, marriage

We know when people usually get married. We know who never marries. Finally, it’s time to look at the other side: divorce and remarriage.
Data Proofer automates the data checking process

Software / csv, data wrangling

Data checking is a pain and can be what stands between you and…
Practical guide for color correction of satellite images

Design / color, satellite

Robert Simmon provides a hands-on guide to get true color from satellite imagery.…
Coastline across the ocean, from where you’re standing

Maps / Andy Woodruff, coastline

A couple of years ago, Eric Odenheimer wondered: If you stand on the…
Stephen Curry statistical dominance

Statistics / basketball, Stephen Curry

Robert O’Connell for the Atlantic ponders basketball analytics and the rise of Stephen…
Visualization Books in the Queue

Site News / books

I don’t read visualization books nearly as much as I wish I did,…
Weather data basket weaving

Data Art / weather, weaving

“Weather data is this endless box of LEGO pieces that arise every day.…
Comparing ggplot2 and R Base Graphics

Guides / base graphics, ggplot2, R

Figure out which is best with a side-by-side comparison.
Tarot cards for complex network concepts

Network Visualization / illustration, tarot

Peter Dodds teaches a course on complex networks, and he put together a…
Link

What we’ve learned about sharing our data analysis →

Statistics / BuzzFeed, link, transparency

“If an article includes our own calculations…then you should be able to see—and potentially criticize—how we did it.”

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