Visualization

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

Wi-Fi strength revealed in physical space →

Digital Ethereal is a project that explores wireless, making what’s typically invisible visible…

Google Doodle Venn diagram →

In celebration of John Venn’s 180th birthday, today’s Google Doodle produces a Venn…

Cultural history via where notable people died

A group of researchers used where “notable individuals” were born and place of…

Network visualization game to understand how a disease spreads →

Vax, a game by Ellsworth Campbell and Isaac Bromley, explores how a disease…

Explorations of People Movements

A new data source gave rise to a different set of visualization projects. We see people.

Civilian casualties in Gaza →

Lazaro Gamio and Richard Johnson for the Washington Post cover civilian deaths in…

A decade of Yelp review trends →

Yelp released an amusing tool that lets you see how the use of…

Senator John Walsh plagiarism, color-coded →

John Walsh, the U.S. Senator from Montana, is in the news lately for…

Editing photos as if they were audio files →

Masuma Ahuja and Denise Lu for the Washington Post applied a technique called…

Voter approval rates as butt plugs

From a couple of years ago, but still relevant, I think. Matthew Epler…

Misery index based on perceived temperature →

Late last year, Cameron Beccario made a wind map for earth, inspired by…

Flights around Ukraine →

The New York Times is covering Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 with a series…

Geologic map of Mars

The USGS released a more detailed geologic map of Mars, not just renderings…

Spiky betting odds during LeBron James decision →

LeBron James decided to head back to Cleveland, so naturally the odds that…

How much underwear to bring on a trip →

Packing underwear for a short trip is easy. You just pack a pair…

Changing World Cup fans →

Shan Carter and Kevin Quealy for the Upshot have a look at sports…

Mosquitos: The deadliest animal

This graphic from the Gates Foundation is from a few months ago, but…

FoamTree: Visualize hierarchical data with a lot of groups

For small-ish amounts of hierarchical data, most JavaScript libraries can handle the load.…