Category Archives: Research

Square Equal-area Map Projection

Several weeks ago, my paper on a novel square equal-area map projection was published in ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems, titled A Square Equal-Area Map Projection with Low Angular Distortion, Minimal Cusps, and Closed-Form Solutions. For mathematical details, … Continue reading

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Update on Figure Caption Color Indicators

Last year, I published a blog post on figure caption color indicators. The positive feedback I received on it from a number of individuals prompted me to revisit the subject. At the time, I did not have a good way … Continue reading

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Color Cycle Survey Update

Since my last update on the Color Cycle Survey, there have been no drastic changes, but responses have continued to trickle in. There are now ~13.7k total responses, with ~6k responses each for the six color and eight color components. … Continue reading

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Figure Caption Color Indicators

Earlier this year, I became aware of a feature in GitHub-flavored Markdown that displays a colored square inline when HTML color codes are surrounded by backticks, e.g., #1f77b4. Although I only recently became aware of this feature, it dates back … Continue reading

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Preliminary Color Cycle Order Ranking Results

Last month, I presented a preliminary analysis of ranking color sets using responses collected in the Color Cycle Survey. Now, I extend this analysis to look at color ordering within a given color set. For this analysis, the same artificial … Continue reading

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