Tag: maps

  • Harvey’s Rainfall Totals

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    Brendan Barry
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    Hurricane Harvey landed north of Corpus Christi, Texas late Friday night. By Monday morning, Houston has been flooded as nearly two feet of water have fallen upon the city, built on and around wetlands long ago paved over with concrete. Naturally the news has covered this story in depth all weekend. Even leading up to…

  • Alaskan (im)Permafrost

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    Brendan Barry
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    I woke up this morning and before breakfast I opened the door to bring in today’s edition of the New York Times. I enjoy reading the paper, or at least a few articles, over breakfast (and more often than not preparing a post for here at Coffeespoons.me). Some of the best days are when I…

  • Solar Eclipse Day

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    Today is Solar Eclipse Day. Thankfully Vox has put together a great interactive piece to help you plan your day. This is for my viewing area in Philadelphia. We only max out at 75% of the sun, but that is still pretty fantastic. Credit for the piece goes to Casey Miller, Ryan Mark, and Brian…

  • North Korea’s Missile Programme

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    Brendan Barry
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    Another week, another batch of news and posturing from North Korea. So I was delighted to see last week a post from Politico exploring the history of the North Korean missile programme with data visualisation. This kind of maps are my favourite for these types of stories. So often people get locked into this idea…

  • Labour Marches On (into Tory Housing?)

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    Brendan Barry
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    We have a nice little piece from the Economist today, a look at the electoral majority for London-area constituencies and how their housing prices may begin to draw out priced-out Labour votes from London proper. What I really like from the design side is the flip of the traditional choropleth density. In other words, we normally…

  • A Throwback to Prior Kenyan Elections

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    Brendan Barry
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    Kenya presently waits for the results of its presidential election, one that pitted incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta against Raila Odinga, a many ran but never won candidate. Now, if you will indulge me, the Kenyan elections have interested me since December 2007, which if you recall provoked sectarian violence to break out across the country. At…

  • Gowanus, Brooklyn

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    Brendan Barry
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    This past weekend I was reading an article in the New York Times about how a diary from the 19th century may indicate a plot in Gowanus Brooklyn destined for development may contain an old slave burial ground. You may recall how this author’s hobbies include genealogy and family history—how I would love to find…

  • Home Vacancies in Kensington and Chelsea

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    Brendan Barry
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    I added Chelsea to make doubly certain for my Philadelphia audience that you did not think I was referring to Philly’s Kensington. Why? Because today’s piece comes from the Guardian and refers to the neighbourhood where the Grenfell Tower caught fire and the inferno killed dozens of people. This is not the most complex piece,…

  • Blue Dog Democrats

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    Brendan Barry
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    Last week I mentioned that it appeared Politico was running with articles featuring data visualisation. Just this morning I stumbled upon another article, this one about the Blue Dog Democrats. For those that do not know, Blue Dogs are basically a more conservative Democrat and were the remnants of the Democratic south. But in 2010,…

  • Brexit’s Impact on Irish Shipping

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    Brendan Barry
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    Today’s post is, I think, the first time I’ve featured the Politico on my blog. Politico is, I confess, a regular part of my daily media diet. But I never thought of it as a great publication for data visualisation. Maybe that is changing? Anyway, today’s post highlights an article on how the Irish shipping/logistics industry…