Insight Lane is a volunteer-driven project that combines open data with the power of data science to predict the likelihood of crashes happening on a city's road network. In order to present the...
What does it mean to be a New Yorker?
Citizens Bank announced their arrival in NYC by commissioning a multimedia, multi-sensory exhibition to celebrate the unique elements that make New York,...
This data visualization gallery shows the sunrise and sunset times around the world. See how the night and daylight areas change during a two year period. To focus on the length of nights the y...
Sankey diagrams show the distribution of households according to security experience and household income, the frequency of interruption of water supply according to income, and the frequency...
This installation explores the complexity of the UK food system by highlighting the horticultural decline in home-grown fruit and the reliance on imports. The project is inspired by the purchase...
President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to invest about $550 billion in new infrastructure projects across the country was a central theme in his campaign. “We’re going to rebuild our infrastructure,...
This piece explores nearly 9000 natural disasters that have occurred globally over the last 60 years. Which types of disasters occur most often and which ones take the most lives? Which parts of...
Imagine there is a new universal eco-rule: that the right to easily enjoy beach access derives from your plastic waste management. The more plastic you feed the ocean, the farther you walk to the...
New Haven pizza is the best pizza, period. And you know it’s New Haven pizza because it’s spelled “apizza” (pronounced “abeetz” in classic local style). It also turns out that the “apizza” region...
In October 2018, the first official Central Park Squirrel Census was conducted in New York City. The project — which involved 323 volunteer Squirrel Sighters and took two years to plan, execute,...
Snow is vital to the environmental health of the western United States. Unlike rainfall, it doesn't come as one burst that's here and then quickly gone. Instead, it tends to accrue over the winter...
Since the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957, 29 spaceports around the world have been used to launch satellites to orbit. This interactive map and timeline shows the cumulative launches from each...
Forecast is a nostalgic window that uses light and mist to experientially recreate past weather conditions for a future civilisation forced underground by climate change.
Inspired by the rising...
Over several months of reporting, consulting historical documents and speaking to local residents and experts, Insider traced how each of Zuckerberg’s numerous Kauai properties reflect a different...
Forest fires is an important problem that affects both the natural and built environment as well as the inhabitants of these areas in various ways. Forest fires, which can occur as a result of...
I am impressed by the “Principle Rivers/Mountains/Lakes” map diagrams that were so popular in the mid 1800s and have been curious about how I might reproduce that aesthetic without etching on...
Nearly 27% of the Netherlands is below sea level with a vast network of polders and dykes keeping the North Sea at bay. Where the cyan and magenta shapes meet it reveals this immense area of land...
I visualized the movement of the buses running in NYC in the morning on February 12, 2019. The bus records are gathered from the MTA website. Each line shows a movement of a bus between one record...
"For centuries, atlases depicted what people could see: roads, rivers, mountains. Today, we need graphics to reveal the invisible patterns that shape our lives. Atlas of the Invisible is an ode to...
Visualise the sun's position through the seasons and see the sunlight’s effect on your surroundings in augmented reality. With the 'Hello, Sun.' app you’ll never be left wondering where the sun is...
Is it spring yet? New green plant growth is one of the first indicators of spring and the end of cold winter months. To celebrate the changing seasons in the United States, the United States...
Search popularity, or how frequently a term is searched in proportion to all other queries for a given location, can reveal what excites or interests the underlying population.
This...
Aid agencies fear the monsoon in Bangladesh will imperil thousands of Rohingya refugees crammed into makeshift camps. This project uses data to map the many layers of danger and highlight areas...
This map crosses the natural protected areas in continental Portugal with the species richness, which is the number of species within a defined region, observed in different groups.
The data was...
Apart from waypoints and natural jet streams, there are many man-made constraints such as political, legal and financial restrictions on airspace. Countries use airspace to collect fees or leverage...
Sea-level rise poses a global threat to coastal species around the world, as critical habitat is steadily consumed and fragmented by rising waters. This threat is particularly stark in the case of...