Nathan Yau

50/50 Spins

Data Underload / chance, probability, uncertainty

For no particular reason on this particular day, here are spinners to try your hand at random everyday things with even odds. Good luck.
Winning the Electoral College, a mini-game

Infographics / election, Electoral College, game, New York Times

For The New York Times, Lily Boyce, Jon Huang, and Blacki Migliozzi made…
Drying of the Aral Sea and its source rivers

Maps / Aral Sea, climate change, NPR, satellite imagery

NPR reports on the drying Central Asia water sources. The Aral Sea has…
Halloween Candy Ratings by Cost and Love

Sketchbook / candy, Halloween

This is very important. How did your favorite candy rate?
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Visualization Tools and Learning Resources, October 2024 Roundup

The Process / roundup

Here is the good stuff for October.
People moving towards political affiliation

Infographics / movement, polarization, politics, Upshot

For NYT Upshot, Ronda Kaysen and Ethan Singer compared current voter registration data…
Uniform flair on the rise in NBA basketball games

Infographics / basketball, Pudding, uniform

In NBA basketball, the home team used to almost always wear a white…
Election ad views for Democrats and Republicans

Maps / ads, election, New York Times

For NYT Opinion, Gus Wezerek compared ad views per household:
To figure out…
Presidential Election Chances, Practice Run

Data Underload / election, probability

See how different probabilities lead to different outcomes with an interactive chart.
Early voting turnout

Statistical Visualization / election, turnout, voting, Washington Post

Early voting isn’t coming in as hot as in 2020, but there are…
World map of tides

Maps / Dave Taylor, tides

From Dave Taylor, this world map shows tidal ranges, from microtidal to macrotidal:…
Which campaign people donate more to, by ZIP code

Maps / donors, election, Washington Post

Using a combination of Federal Election Commission filings and voter registration, the Washington…
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Translating Visualization Steps

The Process / analysis, tools

This week we imagine what we would do if the tool we relied on the most were to disappear.
Micro-communities that might decide the election

Maps / election, New York Times, swing states

For NYT Opinion, Patrick Ruffini, with graphics by Quoctrung Bui and Aileen Clarke,…
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Make the Chart: Precipitation Map as Animated GIF

Make the Chart / animation, ImageMagick, R

Weather. Data. Map. Animation. They go well together to show sudden changes over time.
Abortion mazes to represent the complexity of abortion access

Infographics / abortion, maze, Pudding, puzzle

Speaking of grid maps and abortion access, Jan Diehm and Michelle Pera-McGhee, for…
Legality of abortion pills in each state

Maps / abortion, medicine, Washington Post

For the Washington Post, N. Kirkpatrick and Szu Yu Chen describe the legality…
Visual explainer for the thrilling game of Crokinole

Infographics / Crokinole, game, Pudding, Russell Samora

From Russell Samora for The Pudding, “Crokinole is like a mashup of shuffleboard…
How Americans vote in each state

Statistical Visualization / voting, Washington Post

Some states have almost completely moved to voting by mail or early voting,…
Color Buddy, a tool for building color palettes for visualization

Apps / color

Picking colors for visualization can be tricky, because there are infinite possibilities across…

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