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Plotly’s new map making tools let you tell stories about data as it relates to geography. This post shows five examples of how you can make and style choropleth, subplot, scatter, bubble, and line maps. We made these maps with our APIs for R and Python. In the future, ... [Read more...]

Plotly’s new map making tools let you tell stories about data as it relates to geography. This post shows five examples of how you can make and style choropleth, subplot, scatter, bubble, and line maps. We made these maps with our APIs for R and ... [Read more...]

Effectively using color means your graphs clearly communicate your data. This post shows how. We summarize and apply visualization research to real-world examples. You can make graphs like these with Plotly’s web app, or APIs for Python, MATLAB, and R. For users who want to securely share graphs and ... [Read more...]

Effectively using color means your graphs clearly communicate your data. This post shows how. We summarize and apply visualization research to real-world examples. You can make graphs like these with Plotly’s web app, or APIs for Python, MATLAB, and R. For users who want to securely share graphs and ... [Read more...]

“There is no such thing as information overload, only bad design” - Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Statistics, and Computer Science at Yale University Edward Tufte The number of organizations working on data-driven projects increased by 125% in the past year. 44% of companies tackle big data “all the time.” 82% of executives ... [Read more...]

Showing a third dimension on a flat computer screen is usually hard. Plotly’s interactive 3D graphing changes that. You can zoom, toggle, pan, rotate, spin, see data on the hover, and more. In this post we’ll make 3D graphs with our APIs fo... [Read more...]

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Graphs can be beautiful, powerful tools. Graphs help us explore and explain the world. For hundreds of years, humans have used graphs to tell stories with data. To pay homage to the history of data visualization and to the power of graphs, we’ve recreated the most iconic graphs ever ... [Read more...]

The nine Justices on the United States Supreme Court recently took up a case about same-sex marriage. The question in Obergefell v. Hodges is whether states are required to license and recognize marriages between two people of the same sex. This post e... [Read more...]

Plotly has teamed up with The White House on President Obama’s Climate Data Initiative to explore and explain climate trends. This post is our first contribution. You’ll see interactive graphs about: temperature and CO2 (4), climate change & environmental impact (4), attitudes about global warming (3), and a population graph. If you ... [Read more...]

Many graphs use a time series, meaning they measure events over time. William Playfair (1759 - 1823) was a Scottish economist and pioneer of this approach. Playfair invented the line graph. The graph below–one of his most famous–depicts ho... [Read more...]

This post shows how to make graphs like The Economist, New York Times, Vox, 538, Pew, and Quartz. And you can share–embed your beautiful, interactive graphs in apps, blog posts, and web sites. Read on to learn how. If you like interactive graphs and need to securely collaborate with your ... [Read more...]

A line of best fit lets you model, predict, forecast, and explain data. This post shows how you can use a line of best fit to explain college tuition, rats, turkeys, burritos, and the NHL draft. Read on or see our tutorials for more. Contact us if you’re interested ... [Read more...]

What Can Plotly Do For You? We’ve just posted a full length piece that answers the “who, what, when, where, why, and how” when it comes to Plotly, and you can find it here. In our post, we walk-through all the aspects and benefits of making and sharing this ... [Read more...]