Source: Washington Post Archive:
America’s Sunniest Locations
In: Environment/weather Interactive Maps Source: Washington Post
17 Nov 2016A nice interactive map of daily sunlight.
Post-election Analysis
17 Nov 2016Three very nice articles analyzing voting patterns:
Razor thin margins in important swing states:
What counties swung to the other party:
And an elegant but slightly hard to understand look at urban/rural differences:
Election Maps Lie
1 Nov 2016Well, actually all maps lie, in some ways or another. This is a nice article about what is wrong with election maps, and some weird maps that try to make them lie less.
How You are Going to Die
4 Feb 2016A beautiful interactive chart of causes of death according to age. (via Washingtonpost)
Average Income by DC Metro Stop
17 Feb 2015An interested analysis, but not too surprising if you are already aware of DC income distributions. (via WashingtonPost blog article)
Ebola is Going to get Worse
24 Oct 2014The statistics don’t look good.
Looking Across the Ocean
10 Jul 2014This awesome map shows what really is over the horizon as you gaze across the waves.
Better off than Parents?
In: Culture Employment History Interactive Maps Source: Washington Post
23 Jan 2014According to this Harvard study, on average people today are just as likely to be better off than our parents than the generation 50 years ago was. I wonder if they adjusted incomes for debt? (I’m too lazy to check).
I’m not sure why it took the Washington Post six months longer than the NYT to do an article and map about this. NYT’s interactive map/chart combo helps grasp what they’re measuring:
How Much does that Soldier Cost?
18 Dec 2013Interesting breakdown of the costs of military and national guard personnel, and how they’ve been used this century. (related article)
HOT HOT HOT
23 Oct 2013Climate change will not impact everywhere at the same time. The below map estimates when the average temperature of the coolest year will exceed the historic average hottest year. What does this mean? Besides that we’re all screwed, you may wish to reconsider your tropical retirement plans. (related article)
And the original study also has some nice visualizations:
Not the best charts in the world, but combined with the narrative, they are a good quick summary.
and so on.
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