Tag: maps

  • Banksy Works in New York

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    The English artist Banksy has been in New York the past month. Consequently, the interest in his work prompted the New York Times to map the works across the city. Credit for the piece goes to the New York Times graphics department.

  • Scale of Syria’s Refugees

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    So that civil war in Syria thing, yeah, it’s still going on, folks. And lots of people—7,000,000 of them—have been forced to flee to either external or internal locations. Al Jazeera has attempted to put that number into context for Americans using US census data and maps. Here is a look at both Philadelphia and…

  • Virginia Election Results

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    Last night was election night. Okay, maybe not the big midterm, but there were still a few interesting races. The one I want to look at it, however, is the gubernatorial race in Virginia. Maps are pretty much the default in big, statewide races like these and it is no surprise that the three screenshots here…

  • LAX Shootings

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    I didn’t see a lot of informative graphics regarding the shooting at LAX. But, here are two pieces. The first is from the Los Angeles TImes. Terminal 3 is rendered in three dimensions. Different buttons add views of the remainder of the airport. The Washington Post opted for a flat, two-dimension drawing in one graphic…

  • Mapping Public Health Data

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    Today’s piece maps and charts comes from the Illinois Department of Public Health. The piece combines maps and charting components to detail preventable hospitalisations and emergency room use in the state of Illinois. Ordinarily I would prefer just one map, however, in this case the designers realised that a regional map—with its larger surface area—need…

  • Illegal Arrivals to Australia

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    This article on Yahoo by the AFP has an interesting graphic on the problem facing Australia of illegal arrivals via boat that, in part, probably cost Kevin Rudd and the Labor Party of Australia the recent election. I like the overall graphic, but I feel that the data labels are unnecessary on the line chart…

  • The Roma of Europe

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    The Roma, or the Gypsies, are a displaced population living throughout Europe. They have been in the news recently. In France, a family was deported to Kosovo after their asylum appeal was rejected after a few years. However, the deportation removed a girl from a French school and the outcry was sufficient that President Hollande…

  • Redesigning the Traffic Map

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    This small graphic is one of several from a very smart piece on redesigning the traffic map. Have you ever looked at a Google or an Apple traffic map to find the quickest route home or to get an idea of how long it will take you to get to the ballpark? According to Josh…

  • How British is Great Britain?

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    Well, you will have to click through to the article for that data visualisation. But, I will provide you with the choropleth map of national identities. That is, how English do citizens in English authorities consider themselves? Scottish in Scotland? Welsh in Wales? Credit for the piece goes to Mark Easton.

  • Where Medicaid is Not Expanding is Where it is Needed Most

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    Last summer, the Supreme Court ruled that most of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, was constitutional. The one exception, however, was the plan to force states to expand their Medicaid coverage. Medicaid is the government plan tasked with helping to provide health insurance to the poor. But between the poverty level and…