Nathan Yau

Spike maps use the height of spikes to encode data geographically. The format…

This is the best freelance advice ever written.

The Washington Post, in an effort that I’m sure took more energy and…

Zan Armstrong, Ian Johnson, and Mike Freeman for Observable wrote a guide on…

Inspired by a graphic on Reddit, Jim Vallandingham expanded the format for all…

Cloudflare describes how things looked from their point of view the day that…

Aaron Steckelberg and Tik Root for The Washington Post provide a visual guide…

Companies collect and aggregate location data from millions of people’s phones. Then that…

At least it gave us something to look forward to.

UnstableGround is a project from the Woodwell Climate Research Center that focuses on…

Before you get into analysis and visualizing data with R, you need to…

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Researchers evaluated 158 Covid-19 dashboards, assessing design, implementation, and usefulness. Marie Patino for…

Poyang Lake is China’s largest freshwater lake, but sand mining has changed its…

Here’s the good stuff for September.

For when you want to fill SVG polygons with patterns instead of or…

Derek Thompson for The Atlantic highlights recent research comparing mortality in America against…

In fall 2020, Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg planted a flag for each American who…