WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Heat maps or points on a map can be simple and typically effective ways to visualize spatial data sets. But when that data involves many different types of objects – such as ...

A new cellphone heat map is highlighting the vulnerable nature of the U.S. supply chain as the debate over reopening the economy intensifies. The visualization, based on anonymized cellphone location ...

The National Weather Service has expanded its HeatRisk map nationally, in time for Memorial Day weekend. The map predicts heat risk for the next seven days, with a color-coded map to simplify the ...

Extreme heat has a way of exposing society’s vulnerabilities. And as extreme heat events become more frequent in the U.S., data shows that the poorest Americans will be most at risk. People living in ...

The Purdue visualization technique simplifies points on a map into boundaries with various segment widths, making spatial distributions of a large number of objects in different groups or over time ...