Think about when you completed your last significant data project. How much time did you spend collecting, curating, and engineering datasets?
I’ve found that finding the perfect dataset to complete your story or analysis can often be the most difficult part of the process. I recently spent a considerable amount of time researching specific US wildfire and forestry data to support a new analysis and visualization series. I was unsuccessful – until my colleague sent me to the California Forest Observatory and I found exactly what I needed.