Nathan Yau

A year of flight paths, for someone with an unlimited pass

Maps / flights, Tom Stuker, United, Washington Post

United Airlines sold a lifetime unlimited pass in 1990 for $290,000. Tom Stuker…
Map of electric grid required for cleaner energy

Maps / electricity, grid, New York Times

To power the United States with more clean energy, you might think it’s…
Crochet lake map

Maps / Andrew Hahn, crochet, lake, physical

Andrew Hahn crocheted a map of Lake Mendota in Wisconsin. Each stitch represents…
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Chart Practice: Branch Out Beyond the Visual Bits

The Process / practice

Learn more about your data and have more to visualize.
An interactive guide to color and contrast

Design / color, contrast, Nate Baldwin

Color and contrast choices often are a product of personal preferences, but you…
Switching from Python to R

Coding / Python, R, Stephanie Lo

If you’re looking to switch or just want to expand your skills, this…
Friend simulation system, with ChatGPT

Network Visualization / ChatGPT, Philippe Vandenbroeck, Santiago Ortiz, simulation

Philippe Vandenbroeck and Santiago Ortiz were curious about a system that incorporated knowledge…
To make electric vehicle batteries, China must be involved

Infographics / battery, China, electric vehicle, New York Times, supply

For The New York Times, Agnes Chang and Keith Bradsher ask if it’s…
Where people are moving in the U.S.

Statistical Visualization / migration, San Francisco Chronicle

Based on migration data recently released by the IRS, Nami Sumida for the…
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Chart Practice: Changing the Audience

The Process / audience, practice

Learn about who is looking at your work and how they interpret it.
Life timeline in a spreadsheet

Self-surveillance / Emmett Shear, spreadsheet, timeline

Coming up on 40 years old, Emmett Shear, perhaps best known as a…
Objectiveness distributions

Infographics / humor, language

Putting this joke chart up for posterity, because it deserves it. The earliest…
Using gaps in location data to track illegal fishing

Maps / fishing, geolocation, missing data, Washington Post

Speaking of non-location in the seas, researchers at the University of California at…
Fake location signals from oil tankers avoiding oversight

Maps / fake, geolocation, New York Times, oil, ships

The New York Times tracked oil tankers faking their location as they ignore…
Generative AI exaggerates stereotypes

Infographics / AI, bias, Bloomberg, Stable Diffusion

Perhaps to no one’s surprise, generative artificial intelligence models contain bias rooted in…
Smoke from Canada wildfires over the U.S.

Maps / Canada, smoke, Upshot, wildfire

Wildfires in one area means smoke and pollution travels to surrounding areas, even…
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Artificial Data Visualization

The Process / AI, jobs

Just thinking out loud about when the robot overlords will come for the analysis and visualization jobs.
NYC city council district voting guide

Infographics / election, NY1, The City

With New York 2023 elections coming up, The City and NY1 put together…
See if you are middle class

Statistical Visualization / income, middle class, Washington Post

What counts as middle class depends on who and where you’re asking. Even…
A moving drumbeat, explained visually

Infographics / beats, Michelle McGhee, music, Pudding

When you first learn to play music, a lot of the instruction is…

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