Nathan Yau

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How to Make a Smoother Animated Growth Map in R

Tutorials / animation, R

Show change over time and geography with smooth transitions.
Using satellite imagery to assess the damage in Ukraine

Maps / damage, Economist, satellite imagery, Ukraine, war

The Economist combined two satellite imagery sources, one that estimates fire events and…
100 visualizations from a single dataset with 6 data points

Statistical Visualization / Ferdio, variation

The structure of a dataset can help you pick a visualization method or…
Greatest unexpected NBA performance

Infographics / basketball, Pudding

This is a fun one from Russell Samora and Reshad Malekzai for The…
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Visualization Tools and Learning Resources, February 2023 Roundup

The Process / roundup

Here’s the good stuff for February.
Trying to isolate Russia

Statistical Visualization / New York Times, Russia, sanctions, Ukraine

The New York Times shows how the west tried to isolate Russia and…
Countries with the longest healthy retirements

Infographics / Bloomberg, health, retirement

Bloomberg compared retirement years in the context of life expectancy and healthy life…
Wealthy Percentiles Rising

Data Underload / income, wealth, work

The rich continue to get richer, and everyone else either only kind of earns more or stays where they’re at.
Map of homes bought with all cash

Maps / real estate, Washington Post

For The Washington Post, Emmanuel Martinez, Kevin Schaul and Hamza Shaban mapped the…
Spy balloons and UFOs

Infographics / balloon, Eleanor Lutz, illustration, New York Times, UFO

For The New York Times, Eleanor Lutz illustrated things in the sky, because…
Cyanotype to represent grief

Data Art / coronavirus, Reuters

Marking the third anniversary of the first Covid deaths in the United States,…
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Real Bits

The Process / abstract, illustration, reality

Tie in the real bits among the abstract shapes, colors, and geometries of charts to make the latter easier to understand.
Data warehouse at the supermarket

Data Sharing / Albertsons, grocery, Kroger, privacy, The Markup

Grocery stores with loyalty programs collect data on what and when you buy…
Guide for working with machine learning datasets

Data Sources / ethics, guide, machine learning, Sarah Ciston

As part of the Knowing Machines research project, A Critical Field Guide for…
Why modern popular songs have so many more writing credits

Statistics / Chris Dalla Riva, music, producers, Tedium

For Tedium, Chris Dalla Riva examined why the number of credited songwriters per…
Tour of romantic comedies through the decades

Infographics / movies, Reuters, romantic comedy

In celebration of the most romantic day of the year that is sometimes…
Growth of Target, an Animated Map

Data Underload / animation, target

Watch the growth strategy behind Target stores, starting with the first location in 1962 in Minnesota.
Sources and attribution for AI-generated images

Statistics / AI, attribution, ethics, Stable Diffusion

AI-based image generation take bits and pieces from existing people-made images and tries…
LeBron James’ longevity

Statistical Visualization / basketball, LeBron James, Washington Post

Okay, one more LeBron James thing, mostly because I like seeing different looks…
Search and rescue after an earthquake, illustrated

Infographics / earthquake, illustration, Reuters

After a big earthquake, such as the 7.8 that hit Turkey and Syria,…

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