Category: Infographic

  • 2012 Was the Hottest Year on Record

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    2012 was the hottest year since 1895. That’s 117 years by my count. Of course just being the hottest year ever recorded does not mean everywhere was warmer than usual. Some places were cooler. And the New York Times looked at the US pattern of warmer and cooler than average temperatures. Below the map are…

  • The London Underground Map Turns 150

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    Today the London Underground turns 150. The Tube opened on 9 January 1863. Yes, the whole endeavour is a marvel of engineering, but from a design perspective think of the map, man. Think of the map. The Underground map is now 150 years old. And we all know transit maps are cool. Of course the…

  • What To Do If You Capture a Terrorist

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    Have you ever wondered what you would do if you caught a US citizen who was a terrorist? No? Well, the folks at the Brookings Institution did and using what is publicly known and inferring from events that have happened they have created a disposition matrix about the decisions made in such scenarios. In short,…

  • Hunting for Elephants

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    I’m back after two weeks holiday. See, I didn’t forget you. I even brought you presents. Of a sort. From National Geographic come two maps from an article about the poaching of elephants—if I recall correctly. The first map is the better of the two. It shows the impact of poaching by overlaying the ranges…

  • Season’s Greetings Infographic

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    The holiday card I designed for my employer Euromonitor International wishing you happy holidays.

  • Mass Shootings in the US

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    In the aftermath of last Friday, the Washington Post has an informative guide to mass shootings in the United States in 2012. Credit for the piece goes to Wilson Andrews, Bonnie Berkowitz, Alberto Cuadra, Emily Chow, Laris Karklis, Dan Keating and Katie Park.

  • Adultery. Have You? Would You?

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    Don’t worry, you don’t need to answer. But a survey of Canadians did. And these are the results, as visualised in this infographic from the National Post. Credit for the piece goes to Richard Johnson.

  • Congressional Redistricting

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    The New York Times looks at who controlled the redistricting of US congressional seats because of the 2010 census. It then showed an example in North Carolina where Republican control led to the state being less competitive in the past for Democrats. In 2010, Democrats held 7/13 seats in North Carolina. But after the redistricting,…

  • Healthy Living

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    Yesterday the Washington Post published an article and an accompanying interactive infographic on life expectancy. But not just how long one can expect to live, but also how long one can expect to live in good health. What makes the piece particularly nice and effective are the annotations that explain some of the data points,…

  • England and Wales Census Results

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    Earlier this week, the Office of National Statistics in the United Kingdom released census results for England and Wales. (Northern Ireland and Scotland are reported separately.) England has more people than expected, most likely because of undercounting of immigrants, and Wales is now some three million and counting. There are fewer Christians than expected—and fewer…