Patrick Stotz
💼 Co-lead data & visualizations @spiegel.de
🗺️ Blogging about maps at letsmakeamap.com
#dataviz #ddj #maps #rstats
- Well, let's say that the cartographic quality of the logo roughly corresponds to the meaningfulness of the undertaking as a whole.
- Reposted by Patrick StotzJoin us in Bologna, Italy, 4–6 Nov 2026 for Visualising Climate — the first global conference fully dedicated to climate data visualization and its power to transform public understanding of a changing planet. Come see the data. visualisingclimate.org #VisualisingClimate2026 #DataVis #ClimateCrisis
- Reposted by Patrick StotzYou can ignore science, but science will never ignore you. Measles incidence in the United States.
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- Reposted by Patrick StotzNEW | India is forging a different #energytransition path to China 🇮🇳⚡ Where China built first on coal and gas, India is taking a shortcut — using cheap solar to meet rising demand, relying far less on fossil fuels, and electrifying transport earlier. loom.ly/UFDLamw
- Reposted by Patrick StotzBeing born is a roll of the dice. Most of us got insanely lucky. Imagine you had to roll again, how would you want the world to look? www.givingwhatwecan.org/birth-lottery
- Reposted by Patrick StotzNew Year, New Colour Tool for you data visualizers and maybe the odd designer obumbratta.com/colour
- ☀️ #dataviz
- New record year for renewable electricity in Britain - thanks especially to strong solar output. Read our analysis of 2025 here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by Patrick StotzWorking with big spatial data sets in #rstats? You should try {duckspatial}. The dev version of #duckspatial (soon on CRAN) uses #duckdb to perform super fast and memory efficient spatial operations cidree.github.io/duckspatial/... In a benchmark against, {sf}....
- Ein kleiner Einblick in die Arbeit als Datenjournalist - und was es technisch und organisatorisch braucht, um mehr als 1100 AfD-Zitate zu digitalisierten und interaktiv aufzubereiten. www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
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- Reposted by Patrick Stotz🎄 Hope you’ve got all your presents ready 💝 Google search interest shows a stable pattern: 🎅 “Christmas gift wife” peaks just before Christmas Eve 🎅 “Christmas gift husband” peaks much earlier #MerryChristmas to all of you! 🎁 📈 Google Trends (Nov 18–Dec 24, 2020–2024) #dataviz #ggplot2
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- Reposted by Patrick StotzIm Brief von Friedrich Merz an Ursula von der Leyen zum Verbrenner-Aus ist von „hocheffizienten Verbrennern“ die Rede. Auf die Frage, was darunter zu verstehen sei, gab es in der Regierungs-PK heute erst langes Schweigen - und dann diesen bemerkenswerten Satz des Regierungssprechers: (1/2)
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- Completely crazy events make for completely crazy headlines. "Luis Rubiales pelted with eggs by Luis Rubiales at the presentation of a book about Luis Rubiales." www.11freunde.de/internationa....
- Reposted by Patrick StotzI think this is pure charting gold from WaPo (credits to Szu Yu Chen, @emmakumer.bsky.social and @jeremybmerrill.com) www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
- How much more expensive breakfast has become in Germany due to inflation. Our inflation explainer starts with this playful little tool. #dataviz #ddj www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/s...
- What would happen if the Amazon rainforest collapsed? Our look at deforestation and feedback loops. Also, the perfect occasion to make use of our new MapLibre/Protomaps scroller component. #maps #dataviz #ddj www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
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- Reposted by Patrick StotzDass die Regierung Gaskunden mit 3,4 Milliarden Euro pro Jahr subventionieren will, ist in Zeiten der Klimakrise ein Skandal. Aber dass dies mit Geldern geschehen soll, die zur Finanzierung der Energiewende und des Klimaschutzes vorgesehen sind, schlägt dem Fass den Boden aus.
- Today, we asked our readers to place themselves on a scale from hopeful (Hoffnung) to fearful (Angst) when it comes to climate change. I know, not representative sample and everything, but this is more devastating than expected.
- Reposted by Patrick StotzNEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives. ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
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- very exciting jobs up with the Guardian US today!! www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43... www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43... We're hiring a data reporter and a graphics reporter to cover how the US government is deleting and altering important datasets. Please reach out with any questions!!
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- Reposted by Patrick StotzThere is a new monthly release of #Positron available, and it delivers fresh new features for the Data Explorer! In this screencast, I walk through how to interactively explore a recent #TidyTuesday dataset on literary prizes 📚📖🏆 using some of the Data Explorer newness. youtu.be/KOgQuWF0US4
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- Wir suchen für unser Ressort Daten & Visualisierungen eine:n Front-End-Entwickler:in. Schwerpunktmäßig im Bereich JavaScript, Svelte, D3. Ausschreibung: jobs.spiegelgruppe.de/Vacancies/12... Was wir so machen: www.spiegel.de/thema/daten-... Gerne weitersagen und bei Fragen einfach melden!
- This is how the war in Ukraine has changed. For this story, we used Gaussian splatting for the first time, which creates a unique aesthetic. What do you think? www.spiegel.de/ausland/ukra...
- Das Rebhuhn ist der Vogel des Jahres. Glückwünsch! Auch an das übermotivierte Männchen, dass bei uns mal morgens wiederholt mit Schwung gegen die Scheibe gerannt ist, um sein Spiegelbild zu vertreiben. www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
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- Some beautiful Datawrapper hacks from our article on the MSCI World. And yes, technically those are custom choropleth maps 😀 #dataviz www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/s...
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- More basement findings. This time a German school atlas from 1897. Below the globes is an illustration with the highest peaks. It lists Gaurishankar as the highest with 8810 m. Looks like they mixed it up with Mt. Everest...(1/3)
- Found in my parents' basement. #dataviz from the 1932 Olympics
- 2019 hatte ich mit einer Modellrechnung ermittelt, dass sich mit einem Tempolimit bis zu 140 Todesfälle jährlich vermeiden ließen. Jetzt ist eine Studie mit ähnlichen Daten, weiteren Variablen und ausgefeilterer Statistik erschienen. Deren Ergebnis 58-89 vermeidbare Todesfälle jährlich. (1/2)
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- More outstanding maps in this Mercator / 'Correct The Map' explainer by Reuters 😍 www.reuters.com/graphics/AFR...
- Though a few weeks old, this FT article on ICE deportation flights makes excellent use of maps (both on desktop and mobile) #dataviz #maps ig.ft.com/us-deportati...
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- Söder auf Instagram. Prost Mahlzeit!
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- Reposted by Patrick StotzFür unser Titelstück über Markus Söders Social-Media-Inszenierung haben wir unter anderem sein Instagram-Profil gescrapet. www.spiegel.de/politik/deut... 1/5
- Unusual maps call for unusual color scales. We took a look at where Germany is most average. There's a clear pattern when it comes to rental prices. You find the most average prices at or slightly beyond the fringes of metropolitan areas. #maps #dataviz
