I am a data visualization etnhusiast and enjoy exploring how to visualize datasets to gain interesting insights. These are some side projects I have worked on in this past year.
Project Details
Role: Designer, Developer
Skills: Front-end Development: React, Javascript, HTML/CSS, Mapbox, Data Science: Python, GIS Software
Project Type: Side projects
Team: Myself
Project Date: 2024
Migration of Birds in Northern & Eastern Europe Across Months
Github link: https://github.com/dominicco-official/bird_migration_map
This animation visualizes the seasonal migration of birds from Northern Europe to Africa, the Middle East, and Southern Europe. Using GPS data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, it highlights species like eagles, storks, and cranes. The map merges data from 2006 to 2018 into a single year, showcasing the synchronized waves of spring and autumn migrations with dynamic animations built using matplotlib and python. I was inspired by Benjamin Becquet’s visualization work of birds and implemented a full python version.
Rivers of the World
These visualizations map the river networks of the USA, South America and Africa using HydroSHEDS, a database of 8.5 million river reaches averaging 4.2 km each, totaling 35.9 million km globally. Rivers are classified using the classical river stream order system, showing how smaller tributaries combine to form larger rivers. The hierarchy highlights hydrological connectivity, from intricate headwater networks to dominant mainstems, revealing the scale and complexity of continental water systems.
Sundarbans Mangrove Forest Change (1997 - 2020)
Github link: https://github.com/dominicco-official/mangrove_map
I created a time-series visualization of the Sundarbans, the world's largest estuarine mangrove forest spanning 10,000 sq.km across the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna river deltas, with 40% located in India and 60% in Bangladesh. Using Python and QGIS, I leveraged data from Global Mangrove Watch, which utilized JAXA's L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) mosaics across 11 time periods from 1996 to 2020, to illustrate the long-term changes in mangrove extent and distribution.