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Astronomy of Crime – Mapping homicide statistics as constellations (medium.com/re-form)
3 points by dougmccune on Dec 12, 2014 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



This is a nice way to visualize spatial data of homicides in a city, but it doesn't really "make meaning out of the chaos." All it does is show areas where homicides are more likely to occur. The connections themselves are rather meaningless.


True :) I more just meant that I was exploring the data in an attempt to understand/feel something on a different, less purely analytical level. It's art, not data science.




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