Few will deny that these days we’re all feeling pretty much overwhelmed by Big Data, even if it’s really only a ‘little’ bit of data. Every day, we’re bombarded with Facebook updates, tweets, emails, ...

One of the most common clichés in the viz space is that “data visualizations are only as effective as the insights they reveal.” In this context, effectiveness is a function of careful planning. Any ...

Images of scientific results matter. They support data exploration and communication, and are particularly valuable in the age of big data. They help to transcend disciplinary, cultural and language ...

When linguist Lauren Gawne roams the valleys of Nepal documenting endangered Tibetan languages, she takes pains to distinguish each dialect's geographical origin. But when it came to producing maps of ...