Nathan Yau

A year of earthquakes

Maps / earthquake, Fathom

Fathom provides an interactive browser for a year of earthquakes, based on data…
Sandwich Place Geography

Data Underload / sandwiches

Subway dominates the sandwich chains.
The Great Grid Map Debate of 2015

Maps / grid map, Twitter

There’s been a sudden bump in grid maps lately taking the place of…
The big companies behind organic food brands

Infographics / food, organic, Phil Howard, Washington Post

When you walk down the aisles of the grocery store, there are probably…
Illegal to collect environmental data in Wyoming

Data Sharing / environment, law, Wyoming

Wyoming just passed a law that makes it illegal to collect data about…
#DrunkTufte

Miscellaneous / humor

There were some blips on Twitter last week for the DrunkTufte hashtag for…
Problems with algorithmic policy-making

Statistics / algorithm, policy

Virginia Eubanks for Slate describes the dangers of relying too heavily on black-boxed…
Visualization is growing up

Visualization

For a while, somewhere in between 2007 and 2011, infographics — in the…
Rising beef prices and cattle theft

Statistical Visualization / economy, FiveThirtyEight, food

Eric Benson for FiveThirtyEight delves into cattle theft, which can cost an owner…
Upward mobility and the potential for a better life

Maps / income, Upshot, upward mobility

An analysis by Raj Chetty of Harvard University and Nathaniel Hendren of NBER…
Link

Datalib →

Software / JavaScript, link

“Datalib is a JavaScript data utility library. It provides facilities for data loading, type inference, common statistics, and string templates.”
A Course for Visualization in R, Taking You From Beginner to Advanced

Tutorials / R

Where to start? What to learn next? Here’s a course to help take you from beginner to advanced.
How to ask for datasets

Data Sources

There’s a lot of data readily available online. We know this. However, there’s…
Black and White America compared as if they were countries

Statistical Visualization / Economist, race

The Economist made a simple yet effective comparison of Black America and White…
Mapping the Most Common Races

Data Underload / race

Select one or more races for a quick comparison. Counties are colored by the most prevalent.
Self-printing a wall-sized world map

Maps

Dominik Schwarz wanted a big world map. A really big one that covered…
Median home in America, over 40 years

Infographics / CNNMoney, housing

The median home in America has changed in a variety of ways. Square…
Earthquake magnitude and the logarithmic scale

Infographics / earthquake, logarithmic scale, Quartz

The earthquake in Nepal was big, but there’s a discrepancy in just how…
Fashion trends seen through Google searches

Maps / fashion, Google, New York Times

Fashion trends, such as skinny jeans and Palazzo pants, can spike and fall…
Disaster risk indices estimate impact on people

Statistical Visualization / earthquake, NPR

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 can affect countries differently, depending on…

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