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A few 'levelling-up' related maps today, after looking at recent ONS data release on local authority populations for each year 1981 to 2019 (based on 2020 boundaries)- simple overall population

While I'm waiting for the next round of election results, I decided to update my UK-wide 'deprivation/constituency' chart using new data. It's up to date following the Hartlepool result, and

Another olden days dataset with contemporary relevance - England and Wales, MSOA-MSOA commutes from 2011 Census (shp) - it will be interesting to see the 2021 equivalent (this approach is

A short city population/datanerdfest coming up in this thread, beginning with a little panoramic tour of the Tokyo metro area - city as far as the eye can see(I made

I'm getting ready to go back to the West Highlands next week so I thought I'd make a 'will it be raining when I'm in the West Highlands, and will

When I'm doing talks about data, particularly averages, I like to use some extreme examples - like taking the average height of Muggsy Bogues and Manute Bol (6'5", google it),

Short map thread, inspired @ScienceAndMaps earlier this week. Many people are familiar with @OrdnanceSurvey grid references (e.g. summit of Ben Nevis is NN 166 712) - those two letters you

This is a very exciting thread about iron railings. I recently went somewhere called 'outside', for a walk, and decided to take a few photos of iron stumps, because I

I decided to create a few more European population density renders - you can find more here if you need a break from the doomscrolling:http://www.statsmapsnpix.com/2020/04/population-density-in-europe.html the view from Iceland@AskjaEnergy@Siggihrein

This is a map showing all land over 2,000ft in Scotland just because @VictimOfMaths asked for it and because we need to know 'what's the longest distance you can walk

A reminder for local government boffins that 317 is the new 326 for England and the UK is 382. Important facts you wouldn't want to get wrong in social situations.3

A UK-wide version of that 'constituency by deprivation' chart. All 650 constituencies, with names. Wanted to see what it looked like, so here it is.Giant version: http://ajrae.staff.shef.ac.uk/img/uk_imd_with_labels_LAYOUT_v4_50pct.pngNotes o