In this era of big data and sophisticated analytics those tortured souls whose job it is to explain and inform have a big problem: How to to make understandable and actionable what the data reveals.

Geoff McGhee is a journalist and data visualizer at Stanford University’s Bill Lane Center for the American West. Data Points is a new series where we explore the world of data visualization, ...

“Touch this dot,” the text reads. So I touch the tiny dot with my finger not knowing why. “You just left behind 100,000 bacteria,” the book explains on the next page. “Or more knowing you.” Stefanie ...

Gothic churches point towards Jerusalem… or do they? Data storyteller R.J. Andrews put this theory to the test. Andrews discussed his findings, among other adventures and discoveries in the field of ...

Introduction : ugly, bad, and wrong figures -- Part 1. From data to visualization. Visualizing data : mapping data onto aesthetics -- Coordinate systems and axes -- Color scales -- Directory of ...

Learn how NotebookLM turns YouTube videos, books, and websites into visuals at no cost, so you save hours while keeping ...

While data visualization can seem like a modern design focus, it really has its roots in the High Middle Ages when a sudden rise in information and population resulted in the need to convey ideas in ...

Data visualization featuring 2018 statistics, from Painting by Numbers: Data-Driven Histories of Nineteenth-Century Art by Diana Seave Greenwald (Princeton University Press, 2021; all images courtesy ...

Data visualization is the graphical representation of information and data via visual elements like charts, graphs, and maps. It allows decision-makers to understand and communicate complex ideas to ...

Imagine tapping into a raw data feed from a distributed network of IoT devices in a logistics center. The center is full of robots, employee work stations, and shipping and receiving docks. The data ...