u/ILikeMapsAndGIS

I've made a series of maps which show how many points were given between countries in Eurovision 2026 (using the location of the capital city of the country). Bigger white circles show were countries received points. Darker and thicker blue lines indicate more votes passing between the countries.

What is really interesting to see is that the Judge's votes are quite a mixed bag (with lots of lines criss-crossing Europe). But the public vote is much more aligned, focussing a lot more on Eastern Europe.

I made the maps using Cadence - see the interactive version of the maps here: https://cadence360.cityscience.com/story/eurovision_2026/$cs53616c7465645f5f5837f51b8f16e2690247e86e613f9cb3eb1df1ff121002d3cd20b078a31b90919f9bf1b72dfa97fced7b739dff9d3b459db9495129083a27

Using ONS Consumer Card Spending Origin Destination data. This dataset looked at the proportion of money spent between postcodes based on where the spender lived and where the merchant was located. The white centroids on the map are scaled to show the Total incoming demand for that postcode district. When looking at this data across London, it's really clear to see that the suburbs of London spend their money locally. The centre of London isn't as much of a draw, proportionally speaking. Croydon, Stratford, Notting hill, and Hounslow all show quite strong local spending trends.

Dataset can be found here: Consumer card spending, UK tourism-related sectors - Office for National Statistics

I used Cadence to make and visualise the map: https://cadence360.cityscience.com/

I had a lot of fun with this one. I used Ordnance Survey Open Place Names and pulled out all the common endings of towns, villages, hamlets, and cities. I then plotted them to see what it looks like geospatially. This divide was the most interesting - a clear line distinguishes if your settlement name is going to be a -bury or a -buy. Bury endings mean a fortified enclosure, town, or stronghold and relate to modern English. The etymology of By is Old Norse and and means farmstead or village. The size of the circles reflects settlement status (Hamlet, village, town, or city). See the map here: Place Names in England & Wales - Cadence