Nathan Yau

Official LEGO world map set

Maps / LEGO, world

We’ve seen maps made out of LEGO bricks before, but LEGO is about…
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Visualization Tools and Learning Resources, May 2021 Roundup

The Process / roundup

Here’s the good stuff for May.
A short film on giving up privacy, for better or worse

Data Sharing / Financial Times, privacy, short film

We know what you did during lockdown is a short fiction film by…
Jobs that Marry Together the Most

Data Underload / marriage, work

Find out which jobs most often pair together among married couples.
Map shows you where a raindrop ends up

Maps / rain, Sam Learner, water

River Runner is a fun interactive map by Sam Learner. Click anywhere in…
Hospitalization rates for the unvaccinated

Statistical Visualization / coronavirus, vaccination, Washington Post

Overall, Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are down in the United States, but much…
Four types of people who prevent full vaccination

Maps / coronavirus, New York Times, vaccination

The United States vaccination rate was rolling for a while there, but it…
How perception can save lives

Statistical Visualization / Lace Padilla, Mission Unstoppable, uncertainty

Visualization and perception researcher Lace Padilla was on the kid-centric show Mission Unstoppale…
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Looking at What’s Not There – The Process 140

The Process / bias, missing data

Data is always incomplete.
Most common professional marriages

Statistical Visualization / marriage, occupation, San Francisco Chronicle, Susie Neilson

Susie Neilson for the San Francisco Chronicle compared the marriage of professions in…
Watercolor Maptiles by Stamen are now part of the Smithsonian’s permanent collection

Maps / Cooper Hewitt, Stamen, watercolor

In 2012, Stamen Design released watercolor map tiles based on OpenStreetMap data. It…
Coping with the big numbers

Infographics / comic, Connie Jin, coronavirus, NPR, scale

Connie Jin, who works for NPR and updates a Covid-19 dashboard, talks about…
Coming and Going Age Generations

Statistical Atlas / age, generations

Since no one has figured out how to defeat time, age generations come and go. This chart shows the generational breakdowns since 1920.
Transform an image into a pixel-ly visual

Data Art / Duc-Quang Nguyen, pixels, R

Here’s a fun interactive by Duc-Quang Nguyen. Upload an image and get back…
Historical shifts in where people live

Statistical Visualization / census, population, states, Washington Post

The places in the United States with the highest populations weren’t always like…
Climate normals mapped over time

Maps / climate, NOAA, normal

Every decade the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration releases climate normals to provide…
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Making a Quick, Custom Prevalence Map – The Process 139

The Process / code, R

This week I’m describing my process behind a quick map. You can download the code at the end of this issue.
Map of people moving during pandemic

Maps / coronavirus, migration, USPS, Wall Street Journal

It was only a matter of time before someone showed dots moving across…
Information Graphic Visionaries, a book series

Infographics / books, history

The Information Graphic Visionaries book series just launched on Kickstarter. Emma Willard, Florence…
‘Less than 10 percent’ outdoors

Mistaken Data / CDC, coronavirus, New York Times, outdoors

The CDC said that “less than 10 percent” of coronavirus cases were from…

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