Leaflet Plugin: Leaflet Truesize A Leaflet plugin for creating projection aware draggable polygons and polylines.
JavaScript npm tips & scripts! In this article we cover some useful tips and tricks about how to use npm.
JavaScript Plugin: Swoopy Arrows For Leaflet Maps We created a plugin that helps you to create customizable swoopy arrow annotations on top of Leaflet maps.
react Making Maps With React In this article you can find an overview about different React mapping libraries. A lot of our projects are about data visualizations and maps.
JavaScript Image Processing in Javascript If you’re looking for a way to process or manipulate pictures in your web project, it might be worth having a look at some of the libraries introduced in this blog post.
JavaScript React UI Libraries This article introduces 5 React UI libraries. You will see how to setup and integrate them for your purposes. We will share our impressions and show an example for each library.
JavaScript Document Classification in Javascript If you want to work with a large amount of data, there are some machine learning techniques that might be helpful for you. A common task in this area is the classification of texts.
JavaScript Analysing Satellite Images With Google Earth Engine In our recent project we visualized how green German cities really are. It was the first time the interactive team of the Berliner Morgenpost used satellite imagery for a data visualization.
JavaScript Neural Networks in Javascript Neural networks provide the possibility to solve complicated non linear problems. They can be used in various areas such as signal classification, forecasting timeseries and pattern recognition.
data visualization Using Spreadsheets as a CMS for data visualizations When we build visualizations, we sometimes need small backends for our applications which enable our clients to change data after launch. This is especially useful when the app should update automatically.
JavaScript We are hiring: Javascript Developer in Berlin If you want to work as a Javascript developer on journalistic projects in Berlin, send us a mail with work samples. We are a small group of people working on web applications.
JavaScript How to process geospatial data with Node.js and TURF In the last two years we created several map projects. When you do projects like this it's a common task that you have to process geospatial data before you can use it.
data visualization Some simple tricks for creating responsive charts with D3 In this post I have collected some techniques that I used recently when creating D3 Charts. These examples might help you to improve the readability and usability of your charts.
JavaScript We let 10k+ people draw the former inner-german border. This is what happened. On October 3rd Germany celebrated the 25th anniversary of the reunification. Therefore we published the interactive feature Einheitsreise. As a story intro we asked our readers to draw the former East-West German border.
JavaScript 3D Map Library Roundup This is a quick roundup about WebGL map libraries. Since IOS is supporting WebGL and the browser support is getting better in general, it becomes a relevant technology for map applications too.
Node.js Node.js Scraping Libraries In this post I will show you how to use different libraries so you can get a rough idea of how to work with them. These are only very simple examples. Please check out the docs to get to know more.
D3 Replacing jQuery with D3 You can easily replace jQuery in your visualization projects by using D3-only functions. When creating visualizations or interactives we often use a combination of jQuery and D3.
JavaScript Leaflet: Seven rarely used features In this post I will share some Leaflet features with you I wish I knew earlier. It should help you to use the full power of Leaflet and not only stick to the map related functions.
data visualization Javascript Chart Libraries In this article we will give you a quick overview about open source javascript chart libraries (mostly D3 based). Just leave a comment if you miss one.
D3 Small multiple maps using d3 Some datasets consist of geo-referenced values and a time component. We can visualize this type of data using "small multiples". This means that we are creating multiple small representations of the visualization.
