Ultimate Guide: 20 Tips to Make Your Data Visualizations Better for Any Audience As a geoscientist, your job isn’t just about analyzing data—it’s about communicating it effectively. Whether you’re showcasing groundwater contamination plumes or drillholes for resource exploration, viewers rely on your data visualizations to [...]
A Short Guide: The Purpose of Mainstream and Specialized Map Types Maps are at the core of what you create as a geoscientist. Whether you’re tracking environmental changes, highlighting geological formations, or analyzing elevation for infrastructure planning, you typically have to create maps to communicate [...]
6 Factors to Consider to Ensure Effective & Accurate Volume Calculation For geoscientists, volume calculations play a critical role in environmental assessments, excavation planning, and resource management. Whether you’re determining the volume of contaminated soil, calculating material removal from a pit, or assessing changes in [...]
Understanding the View: Helping the General Public Enjoy the Geology in Their Surroundings When you look out at a stunning landscape—towering cliffs, winding valleys, and expansive plateaus—most people don’t think about the forces that shaped it over millions of years. But for retired geophysicist and [...]
Found a 3D Model That Inspires You? Here’s How to Re-Create & Present It When you work in data visualization, you see it all—2D maps, 3D models, and occasionally, some visualizations that serve as cautionary tales rather than inspiration. But when a visual really grabs [...]
Key Takeaways from Storytelling with Data (Pt 5): Taking Steps to Think Like a Designer As a geoscientist, your role goes beyond collecting and analyzing data. You’re also a designer. That might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about [...]
How to Easily Create Legends With Unique Values Symbology After spending hours perfecting your map or model—adjusting colors, refining details, and making sure it tells a clear story—the last thing you want is for the legend to throw off the entire presentation. But sometimes, that’s [...]
Key Takeaways from Storytelling with Data (Pt 4): How to Capture and Guide Stakeholders' Attention Every good story has one thing in common: it grabs your attention and keeps you hooked. Whether it's a gripping novel or a compelling movie, the ability to capture and [...]
Details in the Data: How to Show a More Complete Picture of Concentrations & Contaminants in 3D Models When it comes to visualizing subsurface concentrations and contaminants, 3D models are the best option. Stakeholders can view them to make critical decisions—whether it's determining the extent [...]
Key Takeaways from Storytelling with Data (Pt 3): How to De-Clutter Your Data Visualization A great story has a focus—a clear narrative that keeps the audience engaged from start to finish. But when a story tries to cover too much at once, it risks losing [...]