Default color schemes are often horrible, but spending a lot of time putting…
Software
Programs and online applications to help you make use of data.
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Generate color palettes automatically
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Textured SVG patterns in JavaScript
In case you didn’t get the memo, pattern fills are back and so…
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Adjusting map data with Mapshaper
Map making is a finicky challenge where oftentimes your map data — points,…
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R graph gallery
One of best ways to learn visualization in any given software is to…
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Interactive charts in R
Interactive charts in R are still so-so, but if you don’t mind giving…
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Tilegrams in R
Last month Pitch Interactive launched an online tool for tiled cartograms, or tilegrams…
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Make your own tiled cartograms
A challenge of using geographic maps to show data is that larger regions…
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Comma Chameleon, a stripped-down CSV editor
CSV files are great, but every now and then you have to edit…
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D3 in Depth
D3 is the most commonly used JavaScript library for visualization on the web,…
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Colorgorical generates color schemes for you
Sometimes you need a color scheme quick, and ColorBrewer is typically the de…
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Practical tips for scraping data
It’s an unpleasant feeling when you have an idea for a project and…
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R in the data journalism workflow at FiveThirtyEight
R has found its way into a good number of news groups who…
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D3 4.0 released
I typically don’t care much about code releases, but every interactive chart I…
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Visual search tool for satellite imagery
Terrapattern is a fun prototype that lets you search satellite imagery simply by…
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Quartz Atlas opening up to creators
Last year Quartz announced Atlas, which was a place to find all of…
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Data USA makes government data easier to explore
Government data is, shall we say, not the easiest to use and look…
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Data Proofer automates the data checking process
Data checking is a pain and can be what stands between you and…
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Screen-capping Google Maps for traffic
Alyson Hurt quickly wrote some code to take screen captures of a Google…
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Vega-Lite for quick online charts
A few years ago, Trifacta released Vega, a “visualization grammar” that lets you…
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Suite of data tools for beginners, focused on fun
Data can be intimidating and confusing for beginners, and as a result they…