Each dot represents a data point. Collectively, geographic patterns emerge.
For when your geographic data is evenly spread rather than aggregated by government boundaries.
A frequent challenge of visualization is behind the scenes, to get the data and to mold it into the format you need. Do that. Then map.
Although time series plots and small multiples can go a long way, animation can make your data feel more real and relatable. Here is how to do it in R via the animated GIF route.
Watch the growth strategy behind Target stores, starting with the first location in 1962 in Minnesota.
For NYT Opinion, Charlie Warzel and Stuart A. Thompson returned to the topic…
Using data from Global Fishing Watch, Hayley Warren and Ian Wishart for Bloomberg…
Treepedia, from the MIT Senseable City Lab, estimates perceived tree cover at the…
It’s solar eclipse time. There have been a lot of maps leading up…
This is how Airbnb visitors judge location, which provides a view into where city centers begin and end.
Ken Schwencke and Al Shaw from ProPublica with a set of straightforward maps…
As of May 2016, there were 64,432 licensed firearms dealers and pawnbrokers, which got me wondering how that compares to other businesses.
There are a lot of great craft breweries in the United States, but there is only so much time. This is the computed best way to get to the top rated breweries and how to maximize the beer tasting experience. Every journey begins with a single sip.
Due to budget cuts, there is no plan for an updated atlas. So I recreated the original 1870 Atlas using today's publicly available data.
A new data source gave rise to a different set of visualization projects. We see people.
After looking at pizza places, coffee, and grocery stores, I had to look at burger chains across the country. The data was just sitting there.
A closer look at the age old question of where there are more bars than grocery stores, and vice versa.
Earthquakes are in the news a lot lately. A quick search shows a…
Most of the major pizza chains are within a 5-mile radius of where…
Erica Fischer, known around these parts for her dot maps, describes the lessons…
