Visualization

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

Palisades fire, seen from above

Sentinel-2 satellite of the European Space Agency captured an image of the Palisades…

Wind flow patterns over Los Angeles

Based on data from NOAA, the New York Times shows the direction and…

Hot winds fueling the fires

The Washington Post illustrates how air flows from the Great Basin, over the…

Map of active wildfires in California

This California wildfires map from Los Angeles Times shows an up-to-date status in…

Social media app preferences of young teenagers

Pew Research published their annual report on what social media U.S. 13- to…

Drug overdose deaths seen in a generation

For NYT’s the Upshot, Josh Katz, Margot Sanger-Katz, and Nick Thieme report on…

January 6 defendants, a breakdown

1,580 people were charged with federal crimes for the riot at the U.S.…

Tracking the effects of Congestion Pricing in New York

In an effort to reduce traffic, New York launched a program that charges…

Where and when to travel

Bloomberg put together a list of places to visit in 2025. Most of…

Star Wars galaxy map

I can’t vouch for the accuracy of this Star Wars map, but I…

Best Data Visualization Projects of 2024

Many datasets were analyzed and many charts were made this year. These are my favorite data visualization projects from 2024.

Home insurance companies dropping customers

Because of a warming planet with more wildfires and hurricanes, it’s growing more…

Year of tornadoes

For the New York Times, Marco Hernandez visualized all the tornadoes in 2024,…

When cities last saw snow on Christmas

Christmas is coming. For some, that means snow on the ground, but as…

Data Advent Calendar

Jordan Cunliffe uses embroidery to explore and visualize data. This year, headed towards…

Counting the Christmas days with snow

This is a fun one by Dylan Moriarty for the Washington Post. Punch…

Map of walkable neighborhoods

Researchers at Sony Computer Science Laboratories in Rome estimated the time it takes…

Elon Musk’s posting (and sleep) schedule

Not to dwell on Musk, but I was reminded of this dot plot…