How ‘global’ is professional cycling?

With the excellent results of Dutch cyclists in recent years, I immediately rise to a nationalistic sense of pride. The Netherlands again takes a prominent place on the global sports stage. But how international is the sport, and how can I feel my sense of pride on a global level. I decided to delve into the data of UCI and Procyclingstats to investigate further. Continue reading

The interactive story of water supply facilities in Mali

With the launch of Mali’s online water atlas, anyone with Internet access can now find out the status of water supply facilities in Mali. For the first time, people can interact with and investigate water facilities in the country, including detailed background information on location, status and the local population. Featuring data collected between 2016 and 2018 by the Malian national inventory of water point data, the water portal combines different data sources into comprehensible indicators. This allows visitors to filter relevant tables, render real-time graphs and browse interactive maps.

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