Nathan Yau

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The Process 107 – Misleading or Not? A Map of US Fires

The Process / misleading

Welcome to another edition of Misleading or Not, where we decide if a map is misleading or not.

Arquero, a JavaScript library to query and transform datasets

Software / formatting, JavaScript

An often painful yet necessary step in visualization is to get your data…

Friends sitcom transcript dataset

Data Sources / Friends, R

For your analytical perusal, Emil Hvitfeldt provides ten seasons’ worth of scripts from…

Elevation data molded in the base of a pint glass

Data Art / elevation, glass, Half Dome, North Drinkware

North Drinkware molded Half Dome in the bottom of a hand-blown pint glass…

Mapping tree loss in rain forests over time

Maps / Bloomberg, Brazil, rain forest

Bloomberg mapped tree loss between 2000 and 2019 in Brazil:
“What we have…

Tracking the mail

Statistical Visualization / coronavirus, delay, mail, Upshot, USPS

With mail-in ballots looking to be more common than ever this year, NYT’s…

Voting guide for your state

Infographics / election, voting, Washington Post

The Washington Post provides another straightforward voting guide, based on where you live…

Disappearing animals as a matrix of dots

Data Art / animals, extinction

Reddit user WhiteCheeks used dot density to show population counts of various animals.…

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The Process 106 – Self-Imposed Visualization Constraints, for Focus and Fun

The Process / constraints

Constraints usually seem like a bad thing. Less freedom. You can’t do exactly what you want to do. You’re limited. But sometimes constraints can lead you towards unexpected paths.

Timeline of California Wildfires

Data Underload / California, wildfire

The wind was blowing smoke and ash from wildfires further up north from where I live. The sky turned an eerie orange. I wondered about past fires and made the chart below.