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Random thoughts on visualization and data journalism by Gregor Aisch

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114 from 29 Jul 2009 to 23 May 2025
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2025 1

  1. Say Hi to SveltePlot

2024 2

  1. Retrospective on 15 years of data visualization projects
  2. Observable Plot + Svelte = SveltePlot?

2023 5

  1. Four pitfalls of spatiotemporal data analysis and how to avoid them
  2. Goodbye Hexo, hello SvelteKit
  3. Using DuckDB to analyze over 95 million NYC taxi rides
  4. Why you should consider adding DuckDB (and SQL!) to your data analysis toolbelt
  5. Review of Observable Plot

2022 2

  1. Where our CO2 emissions are coming from
  2. Goodbye, Twitter 👋

2020 1

  1. 2019 was warmer than normal -- but what does "normal" even mean?

2019 4

  1. Almost half of Europe's soil is dryer than normal
  2. Update for the chroma.js palette helper
  3. Re: But what about line charts?
  4. Not My Society

2018 1

  1. Automatic color blindness check in Datawrapper

2017 5

  1. Moving on... to Datawrapper
  2. So long, WordPress
  3. Running elementary.os on a MacBook, what works well, and what does not.
  4. In Defense of Interactive Graphics
  5. Re-coloring Illustrator graphics based on JSON data files

2016 2

  1. Why we used jittery gauges in our live election forecast
  2. Why we didn't use a cartogram in the Brexit referrendum map

2015 4

  1. Making HTML tables in D3 doesn't need to be a pain
  2. Seven Features You'll Want In Your Next Charting Tool
  3. When It's Ok to Use Word Clouds
  4. Look, Ma, No More Mercator Tiles

2013 5

  1. Analyzing bias in opinion polls with R
  2. Mastering Multi-hued Color Scales with Chroma.js
  3. Start using databases, today!
  4. Playing with CIE Lab Colors in R
  5. Forget About Parties, Visualize the Coalitions!

2012 7

  1. Map Symbol Clustering — k-Means vs. noverlap
  2. Making Pictographs? Choose Your Icons Wisely!
  3. Let's Break some Rules
  4. Doing the Line Charts Right
  5. Using Twitter as Social Bookmarking Service
  6. Rendering High Resolution Maps in Kartograph
  7. Why We Need Another Mapping Framework

2011 27

  1. Let's Keep Symbol Maps Clean And Tidy
  2. How To Avoid Equidistant HSV Colors
  3. Take Care of your Choropleth Maps
  4. Say Goodbye to Red-Green Color Scales
  5. Matching Regions of GeoIP and Natural Earth
  6. Rendering SVG Country Maps in Python
  7. Visualizing the Global Digital Divide By Mapping Internet And Population
  8. Facebook And Its Impact In Connecting People
  9. Moving on with the Piwik Maps
  10. Transforming a Processing Sketch to HTML5
  11. Finding a Good Data Source For a World Map
  12. Why I Hate Coding With Processing – At Least Sometimes..
  13. Tutorial: Using the Bubble Tree for Display of Random Data
  14. All Berlin Streets, ehm, visualized
  15. Generating Color Blindness Test Images with Processing
  16. Looking at Mistakes in Infographics: The Profile of Italian Poverty
  17. Seltsame Anomalien in den Schlachtungsstatistiken
  18. Mapping Shortest Distances to Nuclear Reactors
  19. Plagiarized Lines in Dissertation of Germanys Defense Minister Guttenberg
  20. Vector Animation Performance: Flash vs. SVG
  21. International Aid Flows (a first look)
  22. Europe's Energy
  23. Energy Production vs. Energy Consumption
  24. Some Charts on German Party Donations (1994-2008)
  25. New Website: Driven by Data
  26. Deutsche Lobbyverbände nach Stichworten
  27. German Election Districts

2010 32

  1. Printed Version of German MPs Extra Incomes
  2. Wikileaks Cablegate Iceberg
  3. Wikileaks Mirror Network Map
  4. Kurzes Fazit zu SVG-Infografiken und RaphaelJS
  5. Arme missbrauchte Klickstrecke
  6. Datavis vs. Infovis - Zwischen Kunst und Journalismus
  7. Infografik zu Bundestags­abstimmungen
  8. Castor-Transport 2010 vs. #castor Tweets
  9. InfoVis: Castor-Tweets pro Stunde
  10. Twitter Live Map zum Castortransport
  11. Wie und warum wir die Tweets für die Live Map archivieren
  12. InfoVis: Neben­einkünfte deutscher Bundestags­abgeordneten
  13. Infografik: Parteispenden in Deutschland
  14. Map Visualization Using OpenFlashMaps
  15. Visualization of Local Network Traffic
  16. Experimenting With Stream Graph Colors
  17. Further Development Of The Piwik Map
  18. Further Ideas For Piwik Visualization Improvements
  19. Neue Visualisierung für die Piwik Browsers-Statistik
  20. Visitor Map for Piwik Web Analytics
  21. Simplification of Country Outlines
  22. Helper Class For Delayed Code Execution In AS3
  23. Simple Touch Interface for an Imaginary Video Rental StoreEinfaches Touch-Interface für eine imaginäre Videothek
  24. Improving WordPress Stats Charts (1/2)
  25. Improving WordPress Stats Charts (2/2)
  26. Hyphenation in ActionScript
  27. Map Rendering Speed: Flash vs. HTML5 Canvas
  28. Tutorial: Rendering a World Map in ActionScript
  29. Tutorial: Reading ESRI Shapefiles in ActionScript
  30. Reading ESRI Shapefiles in PHP
  31. Map Projection in ActionScript
  32. Worlds Biggest Companies

2009 16

  1. World Map of Internet Adresses
  2. Selected Map Projections in ActionScript
  3. Visualization and interpretation of weather station data
  4. Mapping data to circles
  5. Real-time Visualization of Site Traffic
  6. Visualization of World Internet Penetration
  7. Omitting Greenland Won't Fix Your Mercator Map
  8. Capturing Video from Flash Movies with ActionScript
  9. Polygon Operations in ActionScript
  10. Simple Map Visualization In Flash – German Population Density
  11. Ansatz zur automatischen Auswahl von Linienfarben in Diagrammen
  12. Visualisierung von Easing-Funktionen
  13. JavaScript Quelltexte in LaTeX
  14. Lesbarkeitsschwellen von farbigem Text – Vergleich zwischen HSL- und HSB-Farbmodell
  15. Color Space Transformations in ActionScript
  16. Visualization of Perceptual Color Spaces