In this episode of Secrets of the Viz, Ana Lucia Gonzalez and Prina Shah from The Guardian joins us to share about building a bird migration data visualization. They discuss how a broad pitch became bird โdiaries,โ the challenge of sourcing and verifying uneven migration datasets across regions, and layering routes with temperature and vegetation data. Prina explains iterative design decisions, especially the landscape-map vs portrait-mobile problem; and moving from a globe concept to cropped flat maps that worked for mobile-first scrollytelling. They cover why animation and timelines suited migration, how smooth motion and faded โtailsโ were achieved with an interactive journalist, and how radar, GPS trackers, community-sourced bird sounds, and illustrations filled gaps where photos and video were limited, including a featured bird that follows hurricanes.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/oct/16/bird-migration-is-changing-what-does-this-reveal-about-our-planet-visualised-aoe
00:00 - Globe or Flat Map
00:33 - Meet the Guests
01:12 - Project Origins
02:11 - Hunting Migration Data
04:05 - Mobile Map Design
06:33 - Mobile vs Desktop
08:22 - Animating the Journey
10:52 - Tracking Birds Science
12:57 - Illustrations and Audio
14:55 - Favorite Birds and Stories
17:50 - Wrap Up and Next Projects
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