Billions of people and animals rely on the benefits of the Amazon rainforest, including food, fresh water, shelter and climate control. Forests such as the Amazon play a critical role in mitigating...

Due to the rainy season and the geography of Marikina City, it was considered to be one of the most devastated areas during Typhoon Ketsana back in September 2009. We created a data story on the...

Getting a bird’s eye view of them and following the individual paths as they weave through what might resemble spaghetti, some sort of flower or a bow-tie. It’s a beauty that cannot be...

In the 12 months after the Maine DOT raised speed limits, crashes increased dramatically north of Portland, but the number of crashes in Portland and South Portland – the freeway's most crowded...

Cebuana Lhuillier’s dominance in the field of remittance accounts to 48% of the total market share in the Philippines as compared to its competitors. • Cebuana Lhuillier – 48% • Western Union –...

Public transit maps occupy a unique place in the mapping world. Unlike most maps, which are designed to satisfy a single purpose, transit maps must strike a careful balance between readability,...

This infographic reveals the 20 most congested cities in the world, measured by the increase in travel times compared to the free flow of traffic

For the past few months, I have spent much of my spare time trying to delve into the mindset of a dog whilst out on their walks. Where do they go on their adventures? How far do they deviate from...

Using the 2012 Agricultural Census data, we sought to answer three related questions about U.S. Farm Size: 1. Do small farms really have greater crop diversity? 2. Do government payments...

In large expanses of the continental United States, spring is arriving earlier than in past years. In this graphic story for The Washington Post we analyzed first-leaf and first-bloom indexes, as...

It is a work done from the Jihadist attack in Barcelona during the month of August. The infographic explains the tour of the terrorists on La Rambla in Barcelona and the places most frequented by...

Multiple time lines represent a layering of forces, actions and reactions that shape the identity and character of a place both physically and experientially. In order to successfully plan for the...

An animated flow map showing numbers of commutes in the Netherlands in 2016. Commutes are shown as trains, and locations which attract them are shown as glowing stars. Inspired by the cf. city...

This project visualizes city street network orientation, configuration, and entropy using OpenStreetMap data and the Python-based OSMnx package. Each of these cities is represented by a polar...

A timeline of five centuries of global Spice Trade that follows the journey of cloves and nutmegs from their source of origins in Indonesia throughout the world, while unfolding the historical...

This map was made by overlaying two publicly-available NASA maps showing light from cities at night. One map was recorded in 1992, the other in 2010. By overlaying and tinting them red and blue,...

This interactive globe shows the geology of Earth over the past 750 million years. Users can enter their locations to see where their homes are on the Pangaea supercontinent and other unique...

Burning coal comes with a wide range of health impacts, and the corporations burning it are to blame. Just ten companies are estimated to be responsible for almost two-thirds of the health impacts...

TravelTime is a data visualization based on open data from the Dutch National Data Warehouse for Traffic Information. The visualization shows 1 day of traffic in the Netherlands at 1 minute...

While more and more is being seen on the changing state of coral reefs around the world like the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia, we reported on a smaller nearby reef in New Caledonia...

OilMap is an independent initiative to monitor the Oil & Gas industry of the world promoting transparency and accountability in decision making and investment. It's a web...

19,500 people across Europe and beyond died prematurely in 2015 due to coal pollution from EU coal plants. Unless we accelerate the phaseout of coal plants, more people will needlessly suffer...

Overview of the most interesting and disputed borders of the World. Infographic designed for the Sunday supplement of La Repubblica newspaper.

After analyzing the location of Starbucks stores, the interpretation of the modern city's expansion law, taking Shanghai Starbucks store development as an example, in these fifteen years; the...

An imaginary world map where the continents, countries, cities, oceans, rivers and landmarks are made up from the titles of over 1,000 songs.

This map uses NASA data to visualize the estimated maximum near surface air temperature on August 28, 2100 at over a million points on the earth's surface. Users can compare the situation with...

A Constellation Guide to the Sixth Extinction is a web VR data visualization project on the modern, man-made episode of mass extinction. The visualization incorporates species datas from IUCN...

How Europe moves shows labour migration flows within Europe. In 2017 almost 13 million European citizens of working age were living in a European country other than their country of...

This infographic explores the topic of coral bleaching and its environmental effects--bringing light to an issue that is less known.