Charts and maps from scratch

Final story due Dec. 9

I will send you your drafts back to you by Saturday morning with edits.

The revisions will be due Wednesday, December 9 before 2 p.m.

Tutorials for today's class

• Highcharts.JS walkthrough
• Converting data to JSON format
• Making D3 charts using D3Plus.js
• Leaflet map walkthrough

Batch Geocoding options

• CartoDB
  • CartoDB will automatically look up latitude and longitude for addresses but won't let you export it easily (They want you to stay within their environment)
  • But you can still get the data by selecting all the data in the table (CTRL+A or CMD+A) and copy and paste it into a new spreadsheet
• Texas A&M Geocoder - Free online geocoding
  • Email them a list of addresses and they'll email back latitudes and longitudes
• BatchGeo
  • Only 250 free lookups a day
• Geocodio
  • 100 free lookups a day (or 2,500 if you register)
• Batch Geocode
  • No limit, but lags after 300 lookups
  • Someone's running it himself. So who knows how long it will last?

Possibly useful links

• Get notified when website changes
• How to write an unforgettable data story
• A guide to writing stories about numbers
• Tell a Meaningful Story With Data
• Data Stories - The Data Journalism Handbook
• How to find stories in numbers
• How to Tell a Story with Data