A catalog of all the Covid visualizations

The COVID-19 Online Visualization Collection is a project to catalog Covid-related graphics across countries, sources, and styles. They call it COVIC for short, which seems like a stretch for an acronym and a confusing way to introduce a project to people. But, it does categorize over 10,000 figures, which could be useful as a reference and historical context.

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Map shows how NASA satellites collect global rain data

We can download data as a single snapshot in a single file, but oftentimes that data is generated piece-by-piece. In the map above, NASA shows how they piece together rain data with a network of satellites:

The ten currently-flying satellites in the Global Precipitation Measurement Constellation provide unprecedented information about the rain and snow across the entire Earth. This visualization shows the constellation in action, taking precipitation measurements underneath the satellite orbits. As time progresses and the Earth’s surface is covered with measurements, the structure of the Earth’s preciptation becomes clearer, from the constant rainfall patterns along the Equator to the storm fronts in the mid-latitudes.

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Understanding Images: Traffic jam causes immune cell road rage

0000-0002-8715-2896 Understanding Images: Traffic jam causes immune cell road rage   Posted February 23, 2018 by post-info Authors: Steven J. Del Signore and Avital A. Rodal, Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, United

Multivariate map collection

I heard you like maps. Jim Vallandingham put together a collection of maps that show multiple variables, for inspiration and perusal.

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Look to the data collection

Mimi Onuoha on the importance of paying close attention to the data collection process before making data-informed decisions:

The conceptual, practical, and ethical issues surrounding “big data” and data in general begin at the very moment of data collection. Particularly when the data concern people, not enough attention is paid to the realities entangled within that significant moment and spreading out from it.

I try to do some disentangling here, through five theses around data collection — points that are worth remembering, communicating, thinking about, dwelling on, and keeping in mind, if you have anything to do with data on a daily basis (read: all of us) and want to do data responsibly.

Garbage in, garbage out, as they say.

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Understanding Images: Human nose shape and climate adaptation

0000-0002-8715-2896 Understanding Images: Human nose shape and climate adaptation   Posted June 5, 2017 by Guest Contributor in Biology, Climate, Environment, Evolution, Genetics, Image, Open access, Outreach, PLOS Genetics, Research post-info AddThis Sharing Buttons above

The PLOS Comp Biol Macromolecular Structure and Dynamics Collection

Collection-image-long-for-collection-page-690x320Written by Ruth Nussinov and Amarda Shehu “Everything that living things do can be understood in terms of the jiggling and wiggling of atoms.” – Richard Feynman in the seminal Feynman Lectures on Physics, 1963.