Category Projection

Making Better Figures [Video]

March 30, 2015 · by · in accessibility, Animation, Chart, Colour, colour blindness, Maps, palettes, Presentation, Projection, Timeseries, Video · 1 Comment

Better Figures made a video! https://vimeo.com/123037693 The video offers some tips for making better figures. We cover: A brief history of statistical graphics [02:20] Everybody loves a bad figure [08:10] Some principles [11:35] Making better timeseries (applying those principles) [13:13] Projection distortion [18:00] Better Palettes [18:46] We need to talk about “Rainbow” [23:30] Design, and […]

Projection distortion

April 16, 2014 · by · in Colour, Maps, Projection, Uncategorized · 2 Comments

A quick fix to a map today, courtesy of Ed Hawkins over at better figures-approved blog Climate Lab Book. Ed asked “When will we reach 2°C?“, and posted this great map, showing areas of the world that have risen already by 2°C* in the last century or so. There is a nice use of appropriate […]