Tag: Place search

• When did your country lose 11 days? Four great switches, mapped

  

  Britain lost eleven days in 1752, Russia thirteen in 1918, and Saudi Arabia switched its civil calendar only in 2016. I mapped when every country the sources date changed calendar, side of the road, units and votes for women.

  Tristan Hotham

  Data stories, Games & other interests

  Animated timeline, Clocks and calendars, Early modern, Europe, Government, history, maps, Place search, Twentieth century, Wikipedia, Women and gender, World, world maps

• Who owns your street?

  

  90,949 property titles in England and Wales are held by companies incorporated abroad. I mapped them for every small area: 76% are held from Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, the BVI and the UK’s other islands and territories.

  Tristan Hotham

  Data stories, Games & other interests

  Britain, cities, England, Housing, industry, Place search, Poverty and wealth, Present day, Wales

• How old is your neighbourhood?

  

  Every home in England and Wales has a build period on the Council Tax list. I mapped all 35,672 small areas: 21% of homes predate 1919 and 12% were built since 2009. Cities grow in rings of age, until recently, when the newest homes started coming back to the middle.

  Tristan Hotham

  Data stories, Games & other interests

  Britain, buildings, cities, England, history, Housing, Place search, Present day, Towns and cities, Victorian, Wales

• Does anyone play your town?

  

  Volunteers have documented 7,615 UK concerts in MusicBrainz. I mapped every one by council area. 70 of 167 big council areas have no documented tour date, and arena towns hold 53% of them.

  Tristan Hotham

  Data stories, Games & other interests

  Britain, cities, games, Music, Place search, Present day, Twentieth century, UK

• Could your town fit in its stadium?

  

  Beaver Stadium could seat its township 9.9 times over and Clones could fit in St Tiernach’s Park 15.4 times. I found every sports ground in the world bigger than its town, and checked each one by hand.

  Tristan Hotham

  Data stories, Games & other interests

  cities, Data bias, Ireland, Place search, Present day, sport, Towns and cities, Wikidata, World, world maps