For my 2010s Decade in Travel post, I manually created a heatmap showing the parts of the United States and world where I’d spent the most time traveling. Since I’ve been playing around with QGIS recently, I went ahead and used it to create a proper heatmap of my travels.
Category: Data Visualizations
Charts, graphs, maps, and other methods of showing data. Maps that are purely flight routes are not included in this category.
Flight Directed Graphs
Using directed graphs to show my busiest routes and what airlines I used.
Time at Home During COVID-19
While I’m fortunate that my health and finances have both been well during the COVID-19 crisis, this has been the longest time I’ve been home for this long since I started traveling for work in 2009. I created a chart and some statistics about this time spent at home.
A Decade in Travel: 2010–2019
Paul’s maps, charts, and other travel statistics for the entire decade of the 2010s.
2019 Year in Travel
Paul’s travel statistics for 2019.
2018 Year in Travel
A summary of Paul Bogard's 2018 hotels, flights, and driving.
State Abbreviations Graph
Visualizing which US state abbreviations are one letter different from each other.
2017 Year in Travel
Paul’s 2017 travel statistics.
2016 Year in Travel
Overall, my travel increased slightly this year. Unlike in 2015, my travel was relatively evenly spread throughout the year.
Time Zone Changes
With two recent work trips and a five-city European vacation, combined with the changes to summer time in the US and Europe, I've gone through quite a few time zone changes in the past six weeks.