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Beautiful Public Data

A curated selection of visually interesting datasets collected by local, state and federal government agencies. By Jon Keegan.

  • By Jon Keegan
  • Based in United States of America
  • Roughly eight posts per year
  • First post on

Posts per year

Data for this chart is available in the table below
Posts per year
Year starting Posts
2022 9
2023 13
2024 7

Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.

Most recent posts

14,000 Photos of Army Uniforms and Rations from the 70s and 80s
A sample of some of the photographs from the Natick Soldier Systems Center Photographic Collection. Source: US Army / Digital Commons Natick Soldier Systems Center Photographic CollectionThis story has been updated.The US armed forces is …
On , by Jon Keegan, 1,195 words
Visualizing Ship Movements with AIS Data
Some details of AIS tracking data around some of America's busiest waterways. Data: NOAA; Map: Jon Keegan / Beautiful Public Data As we run, drive, bike, and fly, humans leave behind telltale tracks of movement …
On , by Jon Keegan, 959 words
Design for the People: The US Web Design System and the Public Sans Typeface
Before the internet, Americans may have interacted with the federal government by stepping into grand buildings adorned with impressive stone columns and gleaming marble floors. Today, the neoclassical architecture of those physical spaces has been …
On , by Jon Keegan, 768 words