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NatureQuant processes and analyzes satellite imagery to quantify people’s access to nature. They call it a NatureScore. For the Washington Post, Harry Stevens mapped and charted the scores across the United States. At first glance, the map looks a lot like population density, but the better comparison is in how cities with similar population densities look next to each other.
Tags: cities, nature, NatureQuant, satellite imagery, Washington Post
Posted by in Cities, nature, NatureQuant, satellite imagery, Statistical Visualization, Washington Post
On April 8, 2024, the moon is going to completely block the sun along a designated path. For the Washington Post, Dylan Moriarty and Kevin Schaul use a strip of satellite imagery to show the totality across the United States, with events and time along the way.
Tags: eclipse, satellite imagery, Washington Post
Posted by in eclipse, maps, satellite imagery, Washington Post
Caitlin Clark, a basketball guard for the University of Iowa, has been steadily adding to her point total over the past four years. Clark broke the NCAA record this past week. But as we all know, it’s not official until there’s a step chart that shows the rise over time.
Tags: basketball, Caitlin Clark, Washington Post
Posted by in basketball, Caitlin Clark, Statistical Visualization, Washington Post
Your body goes through a special process to digest spicy food. The sting, the sweating, the sting afterwards. For the Washington Post, Bonnie Berkowitz, Aaron Steckelberg, and Szu Yu Chen illustrate with a factory metaphor and a personified chicken wing.
Tags: digestion, spicy, Washington Post
Posted by in digestion, Infographics, spicy, Washington Post
There are competitions where people complete jigsaw puzzles as quickly as they can, and some teams take it very seriously. Because of course. For the Washington Post, Chris Alcantara shows the times and strategies of the quickest puzzlers.
I would not be good at this.
Tags: puzzle, Washington Post
Posted by in Infographics, puzzle, Washington Post
For WP’s Department of Data, Andrew Van Dam notes the decline of the school bus and the rise of the private vehicle to bring kids to school. The estimates are based on responses to the National Household Travel Survey conducted by the Federal Highway Administration.
I rode the bus when I was a kid, until I switched to riding my bicycle. I am now a parent who drives my kids to school. So this data strikes the a chord.
Tags: kids, school bus, Washington Post
Posted by in kids, school bus, Statistical Visualization, Washington Post
Using data from the crowdsourced database eBird, Harry Stevens mapped the shifts in bird populations for the Washington Post. Increased building and climate change have led to population declines for many species over the past decade, but some species, such as the blue jay, have seen growth.
Be sure to check out the interactive at the end that lets you search the full species list.
Diligent birders log data on eBird, which they can use to keep track of their own observations. Collectively, researchers can then generate reliable models with the data. The scale of this project continues to amaze.
Tags: birds, eBird, population, Washington Post
Posted by in birds, eBird, maps, population, Washington Post
Earth got its hottest year on record in 2023. Based on data from Berkeley Earth, John Muyskens and Niko Kommenda, for The Washington Post, focused on the geographic areas that experienced the biggest jumps.
The Post has mapped the regions that saw the largest temperature anomalies in 2023 — places that have warmed so fast that the climate is already testing the limits of human infrastructure and the ability of the natural world to cope.
Posted by in climate change, global warming, maps, Washington Post
For The Washington Post, Hanna Zakharenko charted all the movies that were adapted from musicals that were adapted from movies. So the above shows the timelines for original movies. Then the musicals that came after. Then the movies again, with songs. Got it.
Tags: movie, musical, Washington Post
Posted by in movie, musical, Statistical Visualization, Washington Post
Assisted living can be expensive. For The Washington Post, Bonnie Berkowitz, Lauren Tierney, and Chris Alcantara show the variation in cost by state:
Two-thirds of Americans will need some type of long-term care as they get older, according to federal data, but the price, whether for in-home services, assisted living or a nursing home, can easily cost more per year than the average American makes. Medicare and other health insurers pay little, if any, of the bill.
Tags: assisted living, cost, Washington Post
Posted by in assisted living, cost, Statistical Visualization, Washington Post