Tag: visualization

Your mapping toolkit tip #3 – removing internal borders

In recent versions of SAS/Graph, we have been shipping new/updated maps of each country, with 2 levels of detail (such as state & county, or province & division). But what if you only want a map showing the higher level of detail? In this blog post I share my third […]

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Your mapping toolkit Tip #2 – projecting your map

Have you ever seen a map that just didn’t look right to you? Perhaps the map area seemed squished or stretched? Perhaps this was because they used a different map projection than you were accustomed to. Or maybe the map coordinates weren’t projected at…

Your mapping toolkit Tip #1 – reducing border complexity

With the advent of things like car GPS & Google Maps, and a steady supply of nice maps from certain news sources (such as the New York Times), people have finally embraced the idea that mapping data can be very useful. And if you are into data visualization, you have […]

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How about a free eBook on data visualization using SAS!

If you’re into data visualization, here’s something that might interest you – a free eBook showing several ways to use SAS to visually analyze your data. (Did I mention it’s FREE?!?!) We’ve picked juicy chapters from several books and upcoming books (a…

Let’s analyze 32 years of basketball tournament data!

Here in the US, it’s the nationwide men’s college basketball tournament season! Therefore let’s use some data from the previous years’ tournaments to sharpen our analytics & visualization skills… But before we get started, I must mention (brag?) that my alma mater, NC State University, won this tournament in 1983. […]

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Is the Moon really 1/4 the size of the Earth?

Are you ready for the supermoon on December 14? This will actually be the 3rd supermoon in 2016! With these big-looking full moons we’re having this year, I got to wondering exactly how big is the moon compared to Earth? This seems like a good question to answer with some […]

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Could I get a Brexit map over here, please!?!

With the recent vote for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union being all over the news, I was a bit embarrassed to realize I didn’t know exactly what areas are (and aren’t) considered part of the UK. After a few Google searches, I found the following map  on the […]

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Which lives longer – a honey bee or black ant?

A honey bee can live for 8 years … but a black garden ant can live even 20 years longer than that! Learn more details, and other interesting trivia, in this blog on “the longevity of things.” I recently found The Animal Ageing and Longevity Database, and was fascinated by […]

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