In Aberdeen, read about the sister who died on the sinking of SS Ceramic in 1942 – less than a year after volunteering for service. www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/past-time...

We also highlight some of the stories hidden within the lists of name like that of one of the youngest casualties who died aged 15.
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We also mapped out the known addresses to allow readers to find personal connections to the past sacrifices.

But the above shows only a portion of the 1,883 people who died in Dundee. Each poppy represents a name on the Second World War honour roll, shown alphabetically. The poppy size indicates year of death and the stem length shows the age. #dataviz #datajournalism

"You must comprehend a great deal in your idea of an accomplished woman,” Jane Austen wrote in 1813 and I feel that sentiment persists. That is why I chose to use embroidery - deemed simply "fancy work" during Jane Austen's time despite often taking a lot more skill than this simple #dataviz

We also looked at top names within local authorities.
Find out the most popular names in Tayside, Fife and Stirling in 2024 www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5199...

🎼Or which pop girlie has sung her way into the hearts of recent parents?
Read the full story including the list of all names used in Scotland in 2024: www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5204...

It's easy to look at our maps from earlier in this series and think that the crashes are fairly evenly distributed - that's why we created a heatmap that highlights the density of crashes around a 1km radius.

#ddj #dataviz #datajournalism

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The article also takes a closer look at how many crashes happen in rural versus urban sections of the road. Once again QGIS was use to find all the crashes overlapping with or immediately adjacent to settlements defined by Scottish Government Spatial Data on Localities. 3/4

The heatmap is based on the density of crashes within a one-kilometre radius. Larger numbers or more closely clustered crashes within that radius appear with a darker shade, like this one found near Morgan McVeighs restaurant in Insch with three crashes. 2/4 #ddj #datajournalism

As part of our analysis, we’ve looked at:
• Accident severity of crashes on the A96
• The demographics of drivers involved in crashes
• The 282 casualties between 2019 and 2023
• When, where and times of day where the most accidents happen
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To tackle a data lag, our crash tracker will combine official data and information on crashes covered by the @pressandjournal.co.uk live team - bringing a comprehensive picture where and when accidents are happening. 2/3 www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/tran...

But what about Hogmanay itself? A station in Orkney comes first with 49mm in a single day. The map below shows all the stations that had more than 30mm of rain on Hogmanay. I used R to access and compare the data for all stations on the SEPA API.

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So from match points to data points, delve into the career of Scotland's favourite tennis player #AndyMurray #dataviz www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/512...

We have a racquet heatmap, tennis ball scatter plots, hand drawn Top Trump cards of his top competitors, and a court Sankey - in other words we needed to showcase the UK tennis legend's career in style and we, like Andy, brought our A game. #dataviz #tennis #ddj