Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
Changing river path seen through satellite images
Sedimentary geologist Zoltan Sylvester downloaded Landsat data using Earth Explorer and strung together…
Coastline across the ocean, from where you’re standing
A couple of years ago, Eric Odenheimer wondered: If you stand on the…
Tarot cards for complex network concepts
Peter Dodds teaches a course on complex networks, and he put together a…
Regional news coverage around the world
Popular news topics change depending on where you are, as what’s important to…
Counting the numbers in the news
Truth & Quantity by Gregor Hochmuth is what happens when you strip out…
Greater access to clean water
National Geographic, in collaboration with Bestiario, looks at the improving accessibility to clean…
Simulation shows why polls don’t always match future results
With election season in full swing, as far as the news is concerned…
Basketball shot charts, make your own
Based on data from the NBA stats API and using the visual layout…
Send map tiles to 3-D printer
Mapzen, which offers a vector tile service, made Tile Exporter, so that you…
Hurricane simulations show severe flooding in Houston
In 2008, Hurricane Ike blew just past the Houston Ship Channel, “home to…
Cell reception on the subway, mapped
Daniel Goddemeyer and Dominikus Baur grew interested in cell reception while on the…
Super Tuesday simulation to show uncertainty
As we know, there are various outcomes during election season, with uncertainty in…
Impact of Best Picture Oscar nomination on profit
I think the general assumption is that getting an Oscar nomination for Best…
Possible paths for a Trump nomination loss or win
It pains me to imagine a time when Donald Drumpf earns a Republican…
Code as microorganism
Taking a step beyond 2-D glyphs, Codeology depicts GitHub user activity based on…
How much warmer your city was in 2015
It was hotter in 2015 than any other year ever. K. K. Rebecca…
