Different Maps, Same Data
The maps above were created for an article in The Conversation entitled Next slide please: data visualisation expert on what’s wrong with the UK government’s co...
Author: James Cheshire
Mapping Nitrogen Dioxide Across Europe
Here is a short video I did for the Royal Geographical Society to show how new satellite data can reveal the daily changes to nitrogen dioxide (and other pollut...
Maptastic: How map makers will win the 2020 US election
Here’s a video I filmed with the Financial Times to help explain the importance of gerrymandering to the outcomes of elections.
How the Victorians Mapped London’s Cholera
It is, of course, John Snow who is credited with using maps to demonstrate that the clusters of deaths from cholera in London’s Soho during London’s...
Point Pattern Analysis using Ecological Methods in R
Here is a quick example for how to get started with some of the more sophisticated point pattern analysis tools that have been developed for ecologists – ...
The Ultimate Gift List for Map Lovers
Here’s my 2017/2018 Ultimate Gift List for Map Lovers! All the recommendations are for products I own – or have seen – and can genuinely endor...
London's Population Profile in 1935
The graphic below shows the population of London across a number of transects overlain on the city’s underlying terrain. It was produced by Ordnance Surve...
Map Projections
I’ve just discovered this really lovely graphic detailing a number of different map projections. It’s taken from the opening pages of the “Oxf...
World Population Density 1970-2000
This animation of estimated global population density between 1970-2000 uses data produced by NASA’s SEDAC. For more information see here.