The era of the megalopolis: how the world’s cities are merging
James Cheshire, UCL and Michael Batty, UCL On November 15 2022, a baby girl named Vinice Mabansag, born at Dr Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital in Manila, Philippi...
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The long history of using maps to hold water companies to account
James Cheshire, UCL Southern Water was handed a record fine of £90 million in July 2021 after pleading guilty to illegally discharging sewage along the rivers a...
More than arrows
UPDATE: If you would like a detailed reflection on this, I have co-authored an article with Alex Kent entitled Getting to the Point? Rethinking Arrows on Maps. ...
The Importance of Data and Geography in Education
I really enjoy speaking with teachers about their work and am often asked if there are aspects of geography I would I like to see more of in classrooms…so...
Failure is part of the visualization process
It can be hugely frustrating and even debilitating at those times when you feel unable to wrangle the data you need to create the graphic you had in mind. But ...
Next slide please: what’s wrong with the UK government’s coronavirus charts
“If you can’t convince them, confuse them.” If you watched the UK government’s COVID-19 briefing to announce and England-wide lockdown, you might have been remi...
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...
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.
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...