Imagine tapping into a raw data feed from a distributed network of IoT devices in a logistics center. The center is full of robots, employee work stations, and shipping and receiving docks. The data ...

Data can often feel overwhelming—rows upon rows of numbers, scattered information, and endless spreadsheets that seem to blur together. If you’ve ever stared at a dataset wondering how to make sense ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University student Andrew Eden entered his supply chain specialist internship at Goodwill Industries knowing that he had the process management skills to add value ...

Geoff McGhee is a journalist and data visualizer at Stanford University's Bill Lane Center for the American West. Data Points is a new series that explores the world of data visualization, information ...

Data Points is a new series where we explore the world of data visualization, information graphics, and cartography. Complex ideas begin as simple drawings. And data-visualization—the use of visual ...

Instead of telling people about a story/data/information, show them. Humans are inherently programmed to respond to the visual and our brains process images 60,000 times faster than text. Images seen ...

There is a data revolution happening across the globe. From academics to politics, and everywhere in between, the world’s stories are being told through their datapoints. And, while using ...

Data visualization — and its close cousin, visual information design — is an often underrated skill; however, it plays a critical role in communicating information to an audience. More than just ...