Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
KPI overload
From Tom Fishburne, the Marketoonist. Maybe a dashboard isn’t the answer you’re looking…
Map of nighttime lights normalized by population
You’ve probably seen the composite map of lights at night from NASA. It…
Paying for Elizabeth Warren’s proposed policies
Elizabeth Warren has big plans, and they would cost a lot with a…
Daylight Saving Time gripe assistant tool
In a follow-up to a map from a few years back, Andy Woodruff…
Mapping chemical plants, the pollution around them, and more chemical plants
ProPublica, with The Advocate and The Times-Picayune, estimated chemical concentrations in a highly…
Worst performing circuits mapped with fire risk
This month PG&E has been shutting down power to thousands of households in…
High-resolution satellite image of Kincade fire, up close from far away
I feel like satellite imagery has upped its skillset in recent years. According…
Kincade fire in Sonoma County via satellite imagery
You can see the time-lapsed imagery with this browser. [via @weatherdak]…
Visualizing the Friends sitcom
Marion Rouayroux, a graphic designer and a big fan of the show Friends,…
Photographs from above, an Overview
Overview is an ongoing project that uses a zoomed out view for a…
Scientology city takeover
For Tampa Bay Times, Tracey McManus and Eli Murray delve into the purchasing…
Fall foliage colors mapped
For The Washington Post, Lauren Tierney and Joe Fox mapped fall foliage colors…
Fixing the ‘impeach this’ map with a transition to a cartogram
As discussed previously, the “impeach this” map has some issues. Mainly, it equates…
Animated line chart to show the rich paying less taxes
David Leonhardt, for The New York Times, discusses the relatively low tax rates…
The early beginnings of visual thinking
Visualization is a relatively new field. Sort of. The increased availability of data…
