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How to make an animated map with CartoDB and Torque
If you want to make an animated map (and you’re not a coder), there are not a lot of options out there. CartoDB is the best. You can use it to make rather gorgeous choropleths but it excels at mapping large numbers of points. That makes it perfect for mapping Tweets — and I used … Continue reading
How to make a data journalism animation: women and equality
This video is the latest project I’ve done with Mariana Santos. It was published this weekend for International Women’s Day — the theme of which this year was inequality. We decided to focus on some of the reasons why, even in 2014, women are still losing this particular game. Mariana and I have made a … Continue reading
The kids are all bright: infographics for all ages
When my daughter was three and out for a walk on an autumn day, she pointed at a spider’s web and explained what it was. “Daddy, it’s a website,” she said. It was a visual way to describe a word she had heard but didn’t yet understand. And information graphics and visualisations give us a … Continue reading
Gallery: how Peter Grundy visualises the human body
Part one of a series of infographics books just published, with research by me and amazing illustrations by the father of infographics Peter Grundy. This one takes apart the human body. Read more… Buy the book from Amazon
Gallery: how Nicholas Blechman visualises the animal kingdom
Part two of a series of infographics books just published, with research by me and amazing illustrations by Nicholas Blechman. This one explores the animal kingdom. Read more… Buy the book from Amazon
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