Achim Tack
@atack.bsky.social
• passionate about #maps, #geodata & #ddj
• (urban) data analytics @ubilabs
• data journalism @spiegel.de
• Hamburg, Germany
• (urban) data analytics @ubilabs
• data journalism @spiegel.de
• Hamburg, Germany
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Achim Tack
@atack.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Hi! I'm an urban planner and data wrangler passionate about maps and geospatial data.
I work as a consultant in data analytics at Ubilabs and as a data journalist in the Data & Visualizations unit at Der Spiegel.
In my spare time, I engage in creative projects blending technology with design.
I work as a consultant in data analytics at Ubilabs and as a data journalist in the Data & Visualizations unit at Der Spiegel.
In my spare time, I engage in creative projects blending technology with design.
Off to the Living Planet Symposium in Vienna this Sunday – excited to meet new faces and catch up with familiar ones.
Who else is around? 🛰️ #LPS25
Who else is around? 🛰️ #LPS25
June 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Off to the Living Planet Symposium in Vienna this Sunday – excited to meet new faces and catch up with familiar ones.
Who else is around? 🛰️ #LPS25
Who else is around? 🛰️ #LPS25
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Wir haben das AfD-Gutachten des Verfassungsschutzes digitalisiert und machen die Zitate durchsuchbar, die das BfV als Belege für die Bestrebungen der Partei gegen die freiheitliche demokratische Grundordnung heranzieht: www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
May 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Wir haben das AfD-Gutachten des Verfassungsschutzes digitalisiert und machen die Zitate durchsuchbar, die das BfV als Belege für die Bestrebungen der Partei gegen die freiheitliche demokratische Grundordnung heranzieht: www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
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I just released the Museum of All Things version 1.0!!! You can find it at mayeclair.itch.io/museum-of-al...
February 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I just released the Museum of All Things version 1.0!!! You can find it at mayeclair.itch.io/museum-of-al...
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Officially approved pie chart today at the office. Thanks @helenbielawa.bsky.social!
February 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Officially approved pie chart today at the office. Thanks @helenbielawa.bsky.social!
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A few months ago we introduced a new monthly team meeting: Charts & Drinks.
Yesterday's edition was a mix of showing vacation pictures and geo guessing. Including a quiz interface built by ChatGPT, a felt map as collaborative tool and an unbeatable AI bot built by @atack.bsky.social. So much fun!
Yesterday's edition was a mix of showing vacation pictures and geo guessing. Including a quiz interface built by ChatGPT, a felt map as collaborative tool and an unbeatable AI bot built by @atack.bsky.social. So much fun!
February 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A few months ago we introduced a new monthly team meeting: Charts & Drinks.
Yesterday's edition was a mix of showing vacation pictures and geo guessing. Including a quiz interface built by ChatGPT, a felt map as collaborative tool and an unbeatable AI bot built by @atack.bsky.social. So much fun!
Yesterday's edition was a mix of showing vacation pictures and geo guessing. Including a quiz interface built by ChatGPT, a felt map as collaborative tool and an unbeatable AI bot built by @atack.bsky.social. So much fun!
Did I miss the memo? Aren't we still calling ourselves like that?
Did I mention that we once called our team department for workarounds?
January 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Did I miss the memo? Aren't we still calling ourselves like that?
Happy Holidays! 🎄🌍
Best time of the year to tinker around with gaussian splats...
Best time of the year to tinker around with gaussian splats...
December 24, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Happy Holidays! 🎄🌍
Best time of the year to tinker around with gaussian splats...
Best time of the year to tinker around with gaussian splats...
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NEW: The largest map I've made at the @financialtimes.com, highlighting the tragic events in Valencia.
@barneyjopson.bsky.social report looks into the failed implementation of risk reduction plans, building on known flood zones and failure to heed warnings on the day
ft.com/content/6199...
#dataviz
@barneyjopson.bsky.social report looks into the failed implementation of risk reduction plans, building on known flood zones and failure to heed warnings on the day
ft.com/content/6199...
#dataviz
December 22, 2024 at 11:08 AM
NEW: The largest map I've made at the @financialtimes.com, highlighting the tragic events in Valencia.
@barneyjopson.bsky.social report looks into the failed implementation of risk reduction plans, building on known flood zones and failure to heed warnings on the day
ft.com/content/6199...
#dataviz
@barneyjopson.bsky.social report looks into the failed implementation of risk reduction plans, building on known flood zones and failure to heed warnings on the day
ft.com/content/6199...
#dataviz
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Aus aktuellem Anlass: 9 Tipps für kritischen Medienkonsum bei Breaking News von #UseTheNews. Download als PDF https://learn.hoou.de/mod/page/view.php?id=3367 #magdeburg
December 20, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Aus aktuellem Anlass: 9 Tipps für kritischen Medienkonsum bei Breaking News von #UseTheNews. Download als PDF https://learn.hoou.de/mod/page/view.php?id=3367 #magdeburg
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✨ NEW 📊 project: When the German government collapsed on Nov 6, some parties immediately got a lot of donations for their campaigns.
@spiegel.de now tracks large donations (more than 35,000 Euros) to political parties in 🇩🇪 in our donations tracker.
➡️ Free to read: www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
@spiegel.de now tracks large donations (more than 35,000 Euros) to political parties in 🇩🇪 in our donations tracker.
➡️ Free to read: www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
December 19, 2024 at 4:41 PM
✨ NEW 📊 project: When the German government collapsed on Nov 6, some parties immediately got a lot of donations for their campaigns.
@spiegel.de now tracks large donations (more than 35,000 Euros) to political parties in 🇩🇪 in our donations tracker.
➡️ Free to read: www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
@spiegel.de now tracks large donations (more than 35,000 Euros) to political parties in 🇩🇪 in our donations tracker.
➡️ Free to read: www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
... a really exciting year at Ubilabs is coming to an end. Time for the obligatory Christmas card, where the team has once again outdone themselves this year 🤯
xmas2024.ubilabs.com
xmas2024.ubilabs.com
Ubilabs - Papertrail to Christmas
Help saving Christmas by collecting the last lost wishlists.
xmas2024.ubilabs.com
December 12, 2024 at 3:03 PM
... a really exciting year at Ubilabs is coming to an end. Time for the obligatory Christmas card, where the team has once again outdone themselves this year 🤯
xmas2024.ubilabs.com
xmas2024.ubilabs.com
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There’s a new #Sentinel-1C in orbit 🛰️
It extends the legacy of its predecessors, delivering high-resolution #radar imagery to monitor Earth’s changing #environment, supporting a diverse range of applications and advancing #scientific research
It extends the legacy of its predecessors, delivering high-resolution #radar imagery to monitor Earth’s changing #environment, supporting a diverse range of applications and advancing #scientific research
Double win for Europe: Sentinel-1C and Vega-C take to the skies
The third Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite was launched on a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Sentinel-1C extends the legacy of its predecessors, delivering high-resolution radar...
www.esa.int
December 6, 2024 at 4:15 AM
There’s a new #Sentinel-1C in orbit 🛰️
It extends the legacy of its predecessors, delivering high-resolution #radar imagery to monitor Earth’s changing #environment, supporting a diverse range of applications and advancing #scientific research
It extends the legacy of its predecessors, delivering high-resolution #radar imagery to monitor Earth’s changing #environment, supporting a diverse range of applications and advancing #scientific research
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Spotify wrapped cartographer's edition
December 5, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Spotify wrapped cartographer's edition
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New air quality stripes!
Find your city and see how the air quality has changed over the past 170+ years.
www.airqualitystripes.info
Built by: Kirsty Pringle & @jimmcquaid.bsky.social
Find your city and see how the air quality has changed over the past 170+ years.
www.airqualitystripes.info
Built by: Kirsty Pringle & @jimmcquaid.bsky.social
August 23, 2024 at 8:41 AM
New air quality stripes!
Find your city and see how the air quality has changed over the past 170+ years.
www.airqualitystripes.info
Built by: Kirsty Pringle & @jimmcquaid.bsky.social
Find your city and see how the air quality has changed over the past 170+ years.
www.airqualitystripes.info
Built by: Kirsty Pringle & @jimmcquaid.bsky.social
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NHL Vancouver Canucks at Pittsburgh Penguins, Wednesday, November 27, 2024 #nhlhockey #gamecharts #dataviz
November 28, 2024 at 4:39 PM
NHL Vancouver Canucks at Pittsburgh Penguins, Wednesday, November 27, 2024 #nhlhockey #gamecharts #dataviz
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Fargo, Severance, Black Mirror, Atlanta, Master of None, Euphoria – they all left their fans waiting for three years or more between seasons. In fact, we're waiting longer than ever for TV shows to return, as @lisacmuth.bsky.social shows in her Weekly Chart: blog.datawrapper.de/waittime-for...
November 28, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Fargo, Severance, Black Mirror, Atlanta, Master of None, Euphoria – they all left their fans waiting for three years or more between seasons. In fact, we're waiting longer than ever for TV shows to return, as @lisacmuth.bsky.social shows in her Weekly Chart: blog.datawrapper.de/waittime-for...
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One of my favourite data discoveries this year: Google's mind-blowing ARCO-ERA5 dataset: hourly data for ~300 climate variables, available globally from 1940! 🤯
Loadable with a single line of Python code from a single cloud-friendly Zarr file! Below: a month of wind waves + swell: 🌊
Loadable with a single line of Python code from a single cloud-friendly Zarr file! Below: a month of wind waves + swell: 🌊
November 27, 2024 at 4:02 AM
One of my favourite data discoveries this year: Google's mind-blowing ARCO-ERA5 dataset: hourly data for ~300 climate variables, available globally from 1940! 🤯
Loadable with a single line of Python code from a single cloud-friendly Zarr file! Below: a month of wind waves + swell: 🌊
Loadable with a single line of Python code from a single cloud-friendly Zarr file! Below: a month of wind waves + swell: 🌊
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Some more map calligraphy: Places I’ve called home so far. 🏠
5 of them have one thing in common, one is an outlier in this regard. Can you spot it?
#30DayMapChallenge Day 23 Memory #rstats #maps
5 of them have one thing in common, one is an outlier in this regard. Can you spot it?
#30DayMapChallenge Day 23 Memory #rstats #maps
November 23, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Some more map calligraphy: Places I’ve called home so far. 🏠
5 of them have one thing in common, one is an outlier in this regard. Can you spot it?
#30DayMapChallenge Day 23 Memory #rstats #maps
5 of them have one thing in common, one is an outlier in this regard. Can you spot it?
#30DayMapChallenge Day 23 Memory #rstats #maps
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If ChatGPT with its data analyzer capability was unbelievable at the time of its launch, what you can do with Bolt.New on a given dataset is the next level.
Everyone can draft a dashboard in minutes! 😨
No need to wait for the dev/data department to set up a new chart in Tableau/Power BI.
Everyone can draft a dashboard in minutes! 😨
No need to wait for the dev/data department to set up a new chart in Tableau/Power BI.
November 24, 2024 at 6:50 AM
If ChatGPT with its data analyzer capability was unbelievable at the time of its launch, what you can do with Bolt.New on a given dataset is the next level.
Everyone can draft a dashboard in minutes! 😨
No need to wait for the dev/data department to set up a new chart in Tableau/Power BI.
Everyone can draft a dashboard in minutes! 😨
No need to wait for the dev/data department to set up a new chart in Tableau/Power BI.
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The US workforce can be divided into “sitters” (like programmers and lawyers) and “standers” (like servers and construction workers). In our newest piece, @alv9n.com looks at what we can learn from this labor split.
💻: pudding.cool/2024/11/sitt...
📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE_E...
💻: pudding.cool/2024/11/sitt...
📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE_E...
Sitters and Standers
The American worker divide: Those who sit, and those who stand
pudding.cool
November 21, 2024 at 3:58 PM
The US workforce can be divided into “sitters” (like programmers and lawyers) and “standers” (like servers and construction workers). In our newest piece, @alv9n.com looks at what we can learn from this labor split.
💻: pudding.cool/2024/11/sitt...
📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE_E...
💻: pudding.cool/2024/11/sitt...
📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE_E...
This is a great idea. Reminds me of the navigation in classic Falk maps.
#30DayMapChallenge, Day 20: OpenStreetMap
Cubemap: Spin the cube (horizontal only!) to see ever more OSM tiles.
App: cubemap.netlify.app
Info: darrens-geospatial-curiosities.netlify.app/cubemap
#geosky #gischat #geography #osm #threejs #gis #maps
Cubemap: Spin the cube (horizontal only!) to see ever more OSM tiles.
App: cubemap.netlify.app
Info: darrens-geospatial-curiosities.netlify.app/cubemap
#geosky #gischat #geography #osm #threejs #gis #maps
November 21, 2024 at 6:32 AM
This is a great idea. Reminds me of the navigation in classic Falk maps.
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According datajournalism.com, 60% of data journalists in their last survey were male. And a recent @pewresearch.org paper showed about 2/3 of "news influencers" are men.
So please share this with anyone who might be interested in broader horizons.
Representation matters!
go.bsky.app/8gob51T
So please share this with anyone who might be interested in broader horizons.
Representation matters!
go.bsky.app/8gob51T
November 20, 2024 at 4:12 PM
According datajournalism.com, 60% of data journalists in their last survey were male. And a recent @pewresearch.org paper showed about 2/3 of "news influencers" are men.
So please share this with anyone who might be interested in broader horizons.
Representation matters!
go.bsky.app/8gob51T
So please share this with anyone who might be interested in broader horizons.
Representation matters!
go.bsky.app/8gob51T
Ever wondered what makes the perfect waffle? 🧇
Finding the best recipe can be tricky, so I analyzed hundreds of recipes to find out!
Dive into the data-driven quest for the ultimate waffle recipe here: www.achim-tack.org/wafflelytics
Finding the best recipe can be tricky, so I analyzed hundreds of recipes to find out!
Dive into the data-driven quest for the ultimate waffle recipe here: www.achim-tack.org/wafflelytics
wafflelytics — achim tack
My data-driven quest for the definitive waffle recipe...
www.achim-tack.org
November 20, 2024 at 7:58 AM
Ever wondered what makes the perfect waffle? 🧇
Finding the best recipe can be tricky, so I analyzed hundreds of recipes to find out!
Dive into the data-driven quest for the ultimate waffle recipe here: www.achim-tack.org/wafflelytics
Finding the best recipe can be tricky, so I analyzed hundreds of recipes to find out!
Dive into the data-driven quest for the ultimate waffle recipe here: www.achim-tack.org/wafflelytics
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A few charts and maps from our recent story on oil producing countries (oil rents as share of GDP, crude oil production per country, export flows). #ddj #dataviz
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
November 19, 2024 at 4:42 PM
A few charts and maps from our recent story on oil producing countries (oil rents as share of GDP, crude oil production per country, export flows). #ddj #dataviz
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...