Data centers vs megaprojects.
Annual spending as % of that years US GDP (log scale).
Note: 50-60%, of data center CAPEX (Capital Expenditures) is deprecating fast (hardware must be replaced every 3-5 years). OPEX (operating expence) is also very high due to energy usage.
Additional comparisons:
Total social media ad revenue + total media and entertainment sector in the us make roughly 3% of US GDP year after year.
Transportation (total final demand is around 8-9% of GDP.
Taiwan redrawn by its rivers.
Orange rivers flow west into the Taiwan Strait, while green rivers run east toward the Pacific. Together, they trace the island’s central water divide, shaped by Taiwan’s rugged mountain spine.
This map also has a personal note: it was the very first one I created and the starting point for Eyes on Taiwan and Taiwan Maps & Dataviz.
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"Every dot is a real subway train. Eight hundred of them, give or take, form a small jazz combo (walking bass, piano, sax, vibes, brushes) that has been playing without pause for over a hundred years. On the platforms they are hot, screaming, full of complaint. This is the music inside the noise."
The Department of Road Administration and Traffic Safety (MOTC) has released data on road traffic fatalities for 2025.
These maps show fatalities per 100,000 residents by county—one for all road users and one for pedestrians. The official website presents the data mainly as absolute numbers.
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Continuing on from my food desert posts, I wanted to highlight the counties of Arkansas experiencing the highest levels of poverty compared to more central areas like Pulaski County (where Little Rock is).
#GIS #dataanalysis #incomeinequality #QGIS #arkansas #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #data #education #advocacy #maps #cartography #southernus #southernusa #datavisualization
New-to-me, from Maps Mania: The Ancestry Dot Map of America. “Like its predecessor, the Ancestry Dot Map uses colored dots scattered across the landscape of the United States. But instead of visualizing race at the individual level, each dot here represents reported ancestries, drawn from the American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates (2024).”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/15/maps-mania-the-ancestry-dot-map-of-america/Dilum Sanjaya (@DilumSanjaya)
지도 인터랙션 UI 콘셉트를 Nano Banana로 생성한 뒤 Gemini Pro를 활용해 실제 UI로 구현한 사례입니다. 데이터 시각화와 인터랙티브 UI를 AI로 빠르게 프로토타입하는 흥미로운 활용 예시로 볼 수 있습니다.
Week 9 Reflection
Seven projects, each exploring space in a different way.
The week moved from interaction and movement to contrast and scale, then into perspective and synthesis: from a drivable scene and story map to lunar form, a full star field, Arctic bathymetry, and a final medley bringing everything together.
The focus is shifting toward 3D workflows where motion and camera logic shape perception.
#100DayMapChallenge #DataVisualization #ThreeJS #WebGL #QGIS #Animation
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