webkid Blog

This is our space for writing tutorials and collecting things we find interesting. It is mostly about data visualizations, interactive maps and web development in general.

Data Visualization

– 11 June, 2019

Handling Large Datasets with Node.js

Last year we've worked on a dashboard prototype which visualizes data publicly released by the BASt (German Federal Highway Research…

Data Visualization

– 14 February, 2018

How to use Jupyter Notebooks and pandas to analyse data

Jupyter Notebooks are a useful tool when it comes to visualizing and analysing data. This blog post presents basic charts and explains how to create them.

– 20 February, 2017

Image Processing in Javascript

If you’re looking for a way to process or manipulate pictures in your web project, it might be worth having a look at some of the libraries introduced in this blog post.

Machine Learning

– 15 August, 2016

Datasets for Machine Learning

An important step in machine learning is creating or finding suitable data for training and testing an algorithm. This article will provides you with a useful collection.

– 07 June, 2016

Document Classification in Javascript

If you want to work with a large amount of data, there are some machine learning techniques that might be helpful for you. A common task in this area is the classification of texts.

– 13 February, 2016

How to process geospatial data with Node.js and TURF

In the last two years we created several map projects. When you do projects like this it's a common task that you have to process geospatial data before you can use it.

– 16 April, 2015

Visualizing data with Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana

When designing visualizations, we sometimes have to deal with bigger datasets than standard tools can handle. For example, Microsoft Excel has a limit of roundabout 1 million rows.