Visualization

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

What happened to Japantown in San Francisco when residents were forced out by executive order

In 1942, Franklin Delano Roosevelt mandated that those of Japanese descent be sent…

Scented products with potentially harmful ingredients

For Bloomberg, Daniela Sirtori, Madeline Campbell, and Marie Patino do some product counting:…

Teenage adversity that carries into adulthood

The National Longitudinal Surveys from the Bureau of Labor Statistics are unique in…

Access to nature where you live

NatureQuant processes and analyzes satellite imagery to quantify people’s access to nature. They…

People movements during the eclipse

As you might expect, the path of totality brought increased activities as people…

Expanding Rube Goldberg machine that you can edit

From xkcd, a Rube Goldberg machine that keeps on going. Edit a cell…

Airbnb occupancy along the eclipse path

Maybe you heard there’s a total eclipse happening today. AirDNA mapped Airbnb occupancy…

Wind flows displayed with spinning paddles

Joanie Lemercier used a grid of spinning paddles that turn with the wind.…

Conway’s Game of Hope

Alexander Miller wrote a “fable of emergence” that combines Conway’s Game of Life…

Mapping NBA basketball shots

Alasdair Rae outlines the basics of visualizing basketball shot data with QGIS, an…

Using satellite imagery to tell stories

Satellite imagery on its own can be limited in what it can say…

Interactive timeline of notable people throughout history

This is a fun project by Jan Willem Tulp. Based on data from…

Visualizing the statistical connections behind ChatGPT

To gain a better understanding of how ChatGPT works under the hood, Santiago…

Conway’s Game of Life with a third dimension

Alec Singh added another dimension to Conway’s Game of Life for a pretty,…

Happiness ratings, by country and age

The World Happiness Report, published each year since 2012, just dropped for 2024.…

Birding and data visualization

Jer Thorp has combined birding and data visualization into a unique course called…

Visual guide to airfoils

Bartosz Ciechanowski is at it again with an in-depth explainer that makes heavy…

Mile-by-mile map along the path of totality

On April 8, 2024, the moon is going to completely block the sun…