Displaying values on a map chart is more meaningful than handing someone a sheet of data. Thanks to Microsoft Excel’s Geography data type, creating a map chart is easier than you might think. Most ...

As our cities become smarter, the data of daily life is becoming increasingly granular. Sensors and cameras can tell us things like how many people cross a particular street during the morning commute ...

Back when mapmaking was still a fledgling profession in the U.S., cartographers had a trick up their sleeves: they would insert fake towns into the maps they drew. Not to screw up travelers trying to ...

Visual clarity is underrated. The exact way you present vast quantities of data is more important than you might think. It’s the difference between your audience seeing what you intended and your ...