News and Announcements from Nordpil

Pappaindex - interactive map of gender equality in Sweden

Sun, 12 Feb 2017 23:00:00 GMT

Interactive map to visualize statistics on gender equality and parental leave in Sweden. The client is TCO, one of Sweden's larger trade unions. The map, which allows zooming and inspecting the situation at municipal level and presents annual statistics from 2000-2014, was implemented using the D3 Javascript library, and fully renders charts and maps in the web browser client.

Water and human livelihood resilience: a regional-to-global outlook

Wed, 01 Feb 2017 23:00:00 GMT

Scientific article, published in the Springer journal International Journal of Water Resources Development. Hugo Ahlenius of Nordpil assisted the author, professor Malin Falkenmark of Stockholm University, by preparing all illustrations for this article. He also prepared the document for submission, including reference management and formatting. The article reviews the current and future state of freshwater roles, needs and uses.

Arctic Resilience Report 2016

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 23:00:00 GMT

This multidisciplinary study is a comprehensive assessment of Arctic change and resilience, including factors that appear to support or weaken resilience. It provides an overview of tools and strategies that can be used to assess and build resilience in the Arctic, and considers how the Arctic Council can contribute to these efforts. Hugo Ahlenius of Nordpil prepared all illustrations for the report, in close collaboration with the editorial team and contributing scientists.

Shared Voices 2016

Wed, 05 Oct 2016 22:00:00 GMT

For the 2016 edition of Shared Voices magazine, which is the annual newsletter and annual report of the University of the Arctic, Hugo Ahlenius prepared an updated map of University of the Arctic members across the circumpolar Arctic, using ArcMap and Adobe Illustrator based on data supplied by the University of the Arctic secretariat.

OCHA situation map templates

Mon, 26 Sep 2016 22:00:00 GMT

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) coordinates emergency responses to war and natural disasters. A set of map templates had been prepared for situation maps, and Nordpil was tasked with implementing these as a series of ArcGIS/ArcMap map layout templates.

Polar Research Portal

Tue, 08 Dec 2015 23:00:00 GMT

The Polar Research Portal is a new interactive map presenting Swedish polar research and expeditions in the Arctic and Antarctica. Nordpil worked with the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat in preparing the background maps and implementing the interactive map interface.