This Nathan Yau special is absolutely stunning, but oh-so-simple. You’ve likely seen maps that show racial breakdown of the US. One commonality of every such chart I’ve ever seen has been its low resolution. As we all know, aggregation can hide interesting details in the raw data.
This really does give a great reminder of why you need to be careful with any data visualisation and how small changes make large differences. Look at the various examples and see how the changes affect the data you see and therefore your interpretation of what you can see.
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