Visualization

Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.

There was a time when the best way to get a view from…

Infographics devolved a bit in recent years, but there was a time the…

Sometimes data can look really noisy when you zoom in close, and so…

It’s always fun to go back to sports articles and graphics that were…

In planning for the upcoming inauguration, the U.S. military is using a giant…

In some areas of the United States it poured down rain, which caused…

By definition, heartland is some central place of importance of a country. But…

Here are my favorites for the year.

Map who “likes” television shows on Facebook, by ZIP code, and you get…

Nikhil Sonnad for Quartz mapped the top 100,000 words used in tweets. Search…

Shadows cast by buildings affect the feel and flow of a city, and…

This animated visualization from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center shows a model of…

Here’s a fun piece called Radio Garden. It’s exactly what the title says.…

Climate change is doing some weird stuff. What were once rare weather events…

By design, the electoral college and population don’t quite match up state-by-state. This…

Geography and state borders play a big part in how elections play out…

Geographers Alasdair Rae and Garrett Nelson used commuting data from the American Community…

BuzzFeed used interpretive dance to describe the average age of the milestones in…