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Mapping GCSE Scores
In the UK, August is exam results month for 16-18 year olds. Every year, photos of leaping teenagers clutching their results are accompanied by reports of record attainment rates, debates around how challenging modern exams are and, more so recently than ever, concerns for the number of sixth form and university places. Back in March ...
Flattening the Earth
Flattening the Earth so that it can be easily drawn on a 2-dimensional surface is complicated. Over many years map projections have been developed to aid in this process, but they can only really estimate (albeit very accurately) the shape and dimensions of things on the Earth’s round surface. Whilst it is important to understand ...
2010 Muslim Populations By Country
Using the release of the "Muslim Populations By Country" dataset from the Guardian Datastore I have produced a cartogram to visualise the data. The size of the country represents its 2010 Muslim population and the colours indicate how much the population is expected to grow/ shrink over the next 20 years. It may not be interactive but it is a really compelling way to show the data. It would be good to get hold of data for other religions. For more cartogram fun check out Worldmapper.
Surname Diversity in Great Britain
As part of my PhD research I recently produced the map below (high res. version) that shows the diversity of surnames in Great Britain. I wanted to demonstrate that surname diversity is not uniform across Great Britain. For example towns and cities (especially London) have relatively high surname diversities compared with rural areas because more ...
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