Nathan Yau

Dinosaurs versus airplane

Infographics / BBC, comparison, dinosaurs, size

Scientists found the fossils of a giant dinosaur that they estimate was 26…
Old maps overlaid on Google Maps

Maps / British Library, Google Maps

The British Library georeferencing project places old maps, as far back as the…
Style over function for redesigned choking posters

Infographics / choking, redesign

In many parts of the country, the departments of health require that eating…
Cosmic map shows Milky Way at the edge of a supercluster

Maps / Milky Way, nature, supercluster

Nature highlights the research of R. Brent Tully et al, which defines a…
Race distributions of police departments versus residents →

Infographics / comparison, New York Times, police, race

When you compare distributions of race for police departments and for the residents…
When people work, by job category

Statistical Visualization / jobs, Planet Money

In another use of data from the American Time Use Survey, Planet Money…
Segregated schools, still

Maps / education, ethnicity, MetroTrends

The map above by MetroTrends shows the percent of white kids who attended…
Out, liar.

Miscellaneous / humor, outlier

By Ben Shabad, full-time graduate student and part-time cartoon-drawing person.…
PlotDevice: Draw with Python

Software / PlotDevice, Python

You’ve been able to visualize data with Python for a while, but Mac…
Emotional dynamics of literary classics

Statistics / Computational Story Lab, happiness, literature

As a demonstration of efforts in estimating happiness from language, Hedonometer charts emotion…
Louisiana is drowning

Maps / levees, Louisiana, ProPublica

Louisiana is quickly losing much of its coast to the Gulf of Mexico.…
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How to Make Dot Density Maps in R

Tutorials / R

Choropleth maps are useful to show values for areas on a map, but they can be limited. In contrast, dot density maps are sometimes better for showing distributions within regions.
Interactive tool shows impact of terrorism

Infographics / Periscopic, terrorism

The Global Terrorism Database, maintained by the University of Maryland, is an open…
Graph-based video game

Data Art / Metrico, video games

Last year, Metrico, an infographic-based puzzle game for the PlayStation Vita, was announced…
Face tracking coupled with projection mapping

Data Art / face tracking, projection mapping

Projection mapping — the use of projected images onto physical objects to turn…
Finding small villages in big cities

Statistical Visualization / communication, MIT Senseable City Lab, mobile, social

Daily life in cities tends to differ from daily life in small towns,…
Introvert’s heart mapped

Maps / Gemma Correll, humor, introvert

Cartoonist Gemma Correll mapped the introvert’s heart, from recluse corner to the town…
Mapping plastic in the ocean

Maps / environment, National Geographic, plastic

In research efforts to understand marine debris, Andres Cozar Cabañas et al recently…
Track your sleep with Sense

Self-surveillance / Kickstarter, sleep

Entering the market of self-surveillance for sleep, via Kickstarter, Sense promises to be…
Feltron Annual Report 2013

Self-surveillance / Nicholas Felton, report

In his ninth edition of the personal report, Nicholas Felton looks at communication…

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