mapping Births and Burials of US Presidents November 7, 2016 / October 14, 2024 by Adam DuVander | Leave a Comment Many in the US are tired of arguing over the future of the presidency, so we decided to take a look back at the past. There have been 44 US Presidents, required by law to be born in the United States. Of those, 39 have been buried, often in their home state—either by birth or […] Read more »
mapping How to Plot Latitude and Longitude on a Map October 17, 2016 / March 12, 2025 by Adam DuVander | Leave a Comment For hundreds—maybe thousands—of years, it was hard to make maps. People dedicated their entire lives to the craft. While that’s still true today, now there are tools that enable cartographers to share their work so others can build upon their maps. Most importantly, there is a coordinate system that makes it easy for ordinary people […] Read more » howto
mapping A Heat Map Function for Your Excel Spreadsheet October 3, 2016 / September 3, 2016 by Adam DuVander | Leave a Comment More data does not produce more insights unless you have a way to analyze the data. In fact, that’s why there are hundreds of functions build into Excel and other spreadsheet software. The functions are what make up its most important functionality. Yet, you can’t use =HEATMAP to create a visualization of geographic density in […] Read more »