When you compare two areas on a single map, it can be a…
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Two maps with the same scale
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Chart Options for When the Scale is Squished by the Full Range of Data
Welcome to The Process, where we look closer at how the charts get…
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Scale model of the universe’s timeline
To better understand the scale of time and feed your existential dread, Wylie…
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Scale of billions of dollars in Australia’s budget
To show the scale of tax cuts and Australia’s budget, ABC News takes…
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An illustrated tour of the skies in an elevator
Neal Agarwal is up to his wonderful ridiculousness again. Imagining an elevator that…
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Scale of flying animals
A straightforward lineup of animals that fly provide a sense of scale, from…
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Scale of the Chinese balloon
I wasn’t paying much attention to the Chinese balloon that the U.S. shot…
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Objects in space headed towards Earth
NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies tracks large objects, such as asteroids,…
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Football field to show population change in the UK
The Office for National Statistics for the UK published an interactive to show…
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Using Absolute vs. Relative Scales
The key is assigning an appropriate amount of weight, statistically and visually, for comparisons that make sense.
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Behind the million
Sergio Peçanha and Yan Wu, for The Washington Post, used a combination unit…
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Scale of one million deaths
The United States is about to reach one million confirmed Covid deaths, or…
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Scale of atoms
I’ll probably never tire of these sort of videos. It starts at human…
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Comparing rich people incomes and the taxes they pay
Based on leaked IRS data for the 400 wealthiest Americans, ProPublica provides a…
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Jeff Bezos wealth to scale
Jeff Bezos’ wealth is difficult to understand conceptually, because the scale is just…
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Total refugees from Ukraine, compared to other countries
Millions of Ukrainians (over three million as of this writing) have left their…
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Scale of Ukrainian cities
When you look inside the cities around the world, you will often find…
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Scale of the Tonga eruption
Manas Sharma and Simon Scarr used satellite imagery to show the scale of…
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Scale of the bigger, more detailed universe
We’ve learned more about the universe since Charles and Ray Eames produced Powers…
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Powers of Ten
The Powers of Ten by Charles and Ray Eames from 1977 shows the…
