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...
Category: Slideshow
10 Million Dots: Mapping European Population
Creating a giant dot density map using R.
Illustrations of Chartography
I discovered this on ebay last week and had to buy it. Entitled “Illustrations in Chartography” it shows a series of different cartographic (or char...
London: The Information Capital
I am pleased announce that London: The Information Capital will be published on the 30th October. It is a book bursting with maps and graphics about the world&#...
Population Lines Print
Unfortunately the print is no longer available I recently produced a map entitled “Population Lines”, which shows population density by latitude. Th...
Mapped: Journeys to Work
Today the Office for National Statistics released the long awaited journey to work data collected by the 2011 Census in England and Wales. Here it is in all its...
Welcome to DataShine!
Last October I was fortunate enough to be awarded an ESRC “Future Research Leaders” grant. These run for up to 3 years and offer the opportunity for...
Crime Map of London
I was delighted to be asked to be part of the the Financial Times Magazine’s special graphics issue. It is a really great “celebration of visual cul...
Updated: Colonial Shipping Routes
One of the most popular set of maps I produced last year showed English, Spanish and French Shipping between 1750-1800. I am pleased to say it has been revamped...
Mapped: London's Fire Engine Callouts
This map shows the geography of fire engine callouts across London between January and September 2011. Each of the 144,000 or so lines represents a fire engine ...