(Visualization)What caused 1 Million U.S. wildfires over the last 30 years?

Re:(Visualization)What caused 1 Million U.S. wildfires over ... by bregma on Friday August 28, 2020 @07:48AM (#24303750)

Headline writer misinterpreted "origin of wildfires" to mean "cause of wildfires". It's a map of the geographic origin of wildfires and hovering lists their cause when known.

It's OK as an infographic, but it's a map showing the "where" not a visualization showing the "why".

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Re:(Visualization)What caused 1 Million U.S. wildfires over ... by RDMhey on Friday August 28, 2020 @08:17PM (#24311972)

If you mouse over the fire data points, it tells you the cause whether it is "lightning", "arson", etc. so you can see which are naturally occurring and which are human made

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Re:(Visualization)What caused 1 Million U.S. wildfires over ... by tracyhenry on Friday August 28, 2020 @11:25PM (#24313135)

Author of the vis here. Thanks for posting this! I'm working on a better demo that shows causes of the fires more clearly, as well as changes over time. Stay tuned!

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