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Is a map always the best way to display geographic data?
As you might have guessed, the short answer is, not always. Like all data visualization questions, the answer to this one depends almost entirely on what it is that you’re trying to show. As an example, take this map I created of New Bedford, Massachusetts. It gives us a pretty unambiguous picture of two things: […]
New map: linguistic isolation in New Bedford, Massachusetts
September 19, 2012
Sometimes, the biggest challenge in mapmaking is figuring out how to display two different variables at the same time, without turning the map into an unreadable mess. For a few weeks now, I’d been struggling with a way to do exactly that. I wanted to make a map of New Bedford, Massachusetts (where I spent […]
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October 29, 2012
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