Data Vis Dispatch, November 26

The best of last week’s big and small data visualizations

Welcome back to the 170th edition of the Data Vis Dispatch! Every week, we publish a collection of the best small and large data visualizations we find, especially from news organizations — to celebrate data journalism, data visualization, simple charts, elaborate maps, and their creators.

Recurring topics this week include elections, the lack of elections, and suspicious events at sea.

This week’s Dispatch is taking us to the moon!

Phoebe Ly: “Elevation of the Moon with only circular shapes, even the typography,” November 24 (Bluesky)
Jo Wood: “I thought I’d make life difficult for myself with this one by being strict about only 2 colours. No grey scales; no 2 colours + background colour. Just 2. Halftone dots made up of mini moons to map a big moon,” November 22 (Bluesky)

And more great contributions to the #30daymapchallenge:

Mapbox: “Today’s highlight is the ‘Haring’ Map, a stylistic tribute to the vibrant, energetic styles of pop artist Keith Haring, created by Mapbox map designer Stephen Kennedy. This stylish map showcases the power of typography in visual storytelling,” November 19 (Tweet, Map)
koriander: “Every Lindenstraße in Germany. The image includes all ways of OpenStreetMap within Germany that have the tag name = Lindenstraße. As of today, they number 9,259 […],” November 23 (Mastodon)
Kate Berg: “Did You Know That It Ain’t Easy Being Greenland?” November 26 (Bluesky)
Koen Van den Eeckhout: “Sorry officer, I had an irresistible urge… to make this visual. I’m not participating in the #30DayMapChallenge this year, but maybe I’ll submit it as my entry for day 7: vintage style!” November 22 (Bluesky)
Atlas Guo: “Sharing this 3D rendered graphic of #LEGO #cartogram of #USPresidentialElection 2024, with two photos of the physical map,” November 19 (Bluesky)

These maps in particular showed fishy goings-on at sea:

Bloomberg: The Clandestine Oil Shipping Hub Funneling Iranian Crude to China, November 19
Bloomberg: China Ship Stirs Suspicions After Baltic Sea Cables Damaged, November 20
Financial Times: Chinese vessel spotted where Baltic Sea cables were severed, November 20

Environmental topics these week ranged from drought to coal to ocean trash:

Financial Times: US north-east suffers unusual November drought and fires, November 24
Our World in Data: “Fossil fuels are the biggest source of CO2 emissions in most countries, but there are a few exceptions […],” November 22 (Tweet)
Bloomberg: China Slowdown Pushes Top Polluter Towards Emissions Peak, November 22
De Tijd: De kritieke grondstoffen voor Europa’s industriële toekomst [The critical raw materials for Europe’s industrial future], November 23
The Straits Times: Drowning in plastic: The oceans’ growing constellations of trash, November 22

Political charts covered elections and the lack thereof:

Tortoise Media: Peer Review, November 20
YouGov: “Do you approve or disapprove of the government’s record to date?” November 20 (Tweet)
La Nación: Segunda vuelta en Uruguay [Second round of voting in Uruguay], November 24
The New York Times: Trump Gained 95,000 Votes in New York City. Democrats Lost Half a Million, November 22
South China Morning Post: Hong Kong 47 and their jail time after longest national security trial, November 20

We continue with the intersection of politics and economics:

The Economist: Which shares have done best from the Trump trade?, November 22
The Wall Street Journal: How Markets Have Responded to Deficits, in Charts, November 24

And a spotlight on the topic of healthcare costs:

Bloomberg: What Happens When US Hospitals Go Big on Nurse Practitioners, November 22
The Wall Street Journal: Medicare Pays Wildly Different Prices for the Same Drug, November 26

Other charts included a retrospective on Rafael Nadal and the division between sitters and standers at work:

The Pudding: Sitters and standers, November 21
El Confidencial: Lo de Rafa Nadal es inexplicable. Pero el hastío de sus rivales tiene algo que decir [Rafa Nadal is inexplicable. But the fatigue of his rivals has something to say], November 19
elDiaro.es: España tiene más de un millón de viviendas en manos de grandes propietarios [Spain has more than one million homes in the hands of large landowners], November 24

What else we found interesting

Financial Times: Are the robots finally coming?, November 20

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