Beautiful Public Data

@Beautifulpublicdata
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A newsletter of curated selection of visually interesting datasets collected by local, state and federal government agencies. By @jonkeegan.
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Beautiful Public DataDec 30, 2024
Jon KeeganDec 30, 2024

I have a story in the Jan/Feb 2025 issue of MIT Technology Review magazine featuring ship movement data visualizations I made using NOAA AIS data. This originally ran in my @Beautifulpublicdata newsletter. Always fun to see this in print!

Story at @technologyreview

https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/25/1108508/public-data-ship-movements-data-visualization/

These stunning images trace ships’ routes as they move

Publicly available data helps monitor ship traffic to avoid disruption of undersea internet cables, identify whale strikes, and study the footprint of underwater noise.

MIT Technology Review
Beautiful Public DataNov 20, 2024
NEW POST: An incredible archive of 14,000 photos of Army uniforms, military gear and rations from the 70s and 80s.
https://www.beautifulpublicdata.com/army-uniforms-rations-photos-1970s-1980s/
14,000 Photos of Army Uniforms and Rations from the 70s and 80s

An incredible archive of 14,000 photos of Army uniforms, military gear and rations from the 70s and 80s.

Beautiful Public Data
Beautiful Public DataOct 14, 2024

Just realized I hadn't posted my latest story on here:

Explore the beautiful, intricate paths of ships over a year—tracked from America's busiest ports to the open ocean via AIS marine tracking data from NOAA. 🚢🛥️⛴️🛳️

https://www.beautifulpublicdata.com/visualizing-ship-movements-with-ais-data/

Visualizing Ship Movements with AIS Data

Explore the beautiful, intricate paths of ships over a year—tracked from America's busiest ports to the open ocean via AIS marine tracking data.

Beautiful Public Data
Beautiful Public DataOct 14, 2024

Wow this is a great find! 14,100 declassified US Army photos of various uniforms and combat gear

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/style/us-army-declassified-photos-fashion-army.html

Formerly Classified Documents Get the Fine Art Treatment

Hundreds of declassified U.S. Army photos are featured in the new book “Fashion Army.”

The New York Times
Beautiful Public DataJul 2, 2024

NEW POST: The United States has an official web design system and a custom typeface that belongs to the people. This thoughtful public design system aims to make government websites not only look good, but to make them accessible and functional for all.

https://www.beautifulpublicdata.com/us-web-design-system-public-sans/

Design for the People: The US Web Design System and the Public Sans Typeface

The United States has an official web design system and a custom typeface that belongs to the people. This thoughtful public design system aims to make government websites not only look good, but to make them accessible and functional for all.

Beautiful Public Data
Beautiful Public DataJun 26, 2024

⚡️⚡️⚡️Attention radio nerds! ⚡️⚡️⚡️

Made some US Frequency Allocation chart T-shirts. Inspired by the NTIA’s insanely beautiful chart showing how the US radio spectrum is sliced up. It’s one of my favorite things that the US government publishes.

Unisex, Light and dark versions with two options: logo on front pocket and chart on back / chart on front
https://beautifulpublicdata.etsy.com/listing/1739031288

Beautiful Public DataJun 18, 2024

NEW POST: A collection of 100,000 striking high-resolution aerial photos of glaciers, photographed over 40 years with a 63-pound WW II surveillance camera.

https://www.beautifulpublicdata.com/aerial-glacier-photographs/

Aerial Glacier Photographs

A collection of 100,000 striking high-resolution aerial photos of glaciers, photographed over 40 years with a 63-pound WW II surveillance camera.

Beautiful Public Data
Beautiful Public DataJun 4, 2024
Something I have wanted to do since launching this project, was make some cool merch featuring the most unique visuals from the government records in my stories. Launching an Etsy storefront with two designs. One is some beautiful schematics from the incredible, tragic Mirror Fusion Test Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories. The other is a "multichannel system diagram" from a 1987 Army Field Manual. Unisex tees in light and dark versions. https://www.etsy.com/shop/BeautifulPublicData?ref=mast
Beautiful Public DataMay 28, 2024
NEW POST: New FOIA records from the FAA shed light on the frantic effort in 2015 to rename navigation waypoints related to Donald Trump and reveal the list of naughty waypoint names that were changed over the years. https://www.beautifulpublicdata.com/trump-naughty-faa-waypoints/
The Naughty Words the FAA Removed From the Sky

New FOIA records from the FAA shed light on the frantic effort in 2015 to rename navigation waypoints related to Donald Trump and reveal the list of naughty waypoint names that were changed over the years.

Beautiful Public Data
Beautiful Public DataApr 29, 2024

I built a fun interactive widget to browse through these weird logos using pairs of these design codes.
Explore millions of trademarked logos that include:
🐷 Pigs wearing sunglasses 🕶️
💀 Skulls paired with flags 🇺🇸
🐍 Snakes donning top hats 🎩

https://apps.beautifulpublicdata.com/design-codes-webapp/?pair=032102-090502

Trademark Design Codes

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has a system of 1,400 descriptive "design codes" allowing you to search for trademarks with “Rickshaws”, “Centaurs” or “Mechanical women”.

Beautiful Public Data