Tag: maps

  • US Life Expectancy

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    Earlier this summer I looked at a graphic by Thomson Reuters that compared life expectancy changes across the world from 1990 to 2011. Last month, the Washington Post published an interactive graphic that explores life expectancy (along with obesity and physical activity) across the United States from 1985 to 2010. What I really enjoy about…

  • Boston’s Rising Tide

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    Sometimes maps just do not carry the visual weight of the potential impact of climate change, specifically rising tides. Swathes of blue over city maps from high altitude are intellectual exercises. Who works where? Where do I live? But when you can begin to see familiar buildings and sites swallowed up by a modest rise…

  • 16 Useless Infographics

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    Brendan Barry
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    Happy Friday, everyone. Today’s post comes via colleagues of mine in London, who shared with me the Guardian’s selection of 16 useless infographics. They are shit infographics. Well, at least one is. Check them out and you’ll understand. Credit for the selection goes to Mona Chalabi. Credit for each infographic belongs to the infographic’s respective…

  • Mapping Nuclear Reactors

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    Brendan Barry
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    Today’s piece is a map from the Economist. It looks at the state of nuclear energy across the world. Slovakia caught my eye because when I recently traveled across that country I glimpsed from my train the massive complex near (I think) Trnava. Apparently those are also some of the youngest reactors out there. Credit for the…

  • Ye Olde Boston Mayoral Candidate Map

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    Brendan Barry
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    A map? Again? I know. But trust me, this one is interesting. For those of you who do not know, Boston’s Thomas Menino is not running for reelection this year. By the time he leaves office, he will have been the mayor of Boston for over twenty years and so this year is the first…

  • Mapping Hepatitis vs HIV

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    Brendan Barry
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    I don’t often write about maps, especially of the choropleth kind. In many cases I choose not to because so many of the maps are one-dimensional: how fast is x growing across the world; which is predominant across the world, y or z? So I was pleasantly surprised by the Economist yesterday when they published…

  • Elections in Mali

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    Brendan Barry
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    For those of you who did not know, the country of Mali held elections yesterday and results should be forthcoming. Those of you who regularly read or semi-frequently check my blog, you are likely familiar with the work I did covering the French-led intervention in Mali. I am a bit busy working on some other…

  • Charting and Mapping Income Mobility

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    After two weeks out of the country, I come back and find early this morning (thanks, jet lag) an interactive article published by the New York Times on income mobility. What does that mean? From a medium side, a long narrative interspersed with charts and graphics with which the user can interact to uncover specific…

  • Pakistan’s Troubles

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    Brendan Barry
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    Pakistan has had a rough go of it of late. This map from the New York Times narrates, annotates, and illustrates just some of those problems. Credit for the piece goes to Timothy Wallace and Sergio Peçanha.

  • The Carpatho-Rusyns of Slovakia

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    Brendan Barry
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    If all is going according to plan, I should be somewhere in the Carpathian Mountains at this point, specifically in the Presov region of Slovakia. So as a reminder of just what that means, here is a (recycled) piece I created this time last year about the Carpatho-Rusyns (sometimes known as Ruthenians) living in Slovakia.…