Chicago Pulse

PNG charts from Mixin Browser

You can size PNG charts in the Mixin Browser to control the chart resolution. The text size and font used in the legend, title, and axes text can be controlled through the Vega theme. Color scales can also be adjusted in Foundry.

Static charts exported as PNG and SVG directly from the Mixin Browser

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You can control the chart width and height.

SVG maps can be resized, but may not display the legend correctly, and are not interactive!

You can export graphs in SVG and customize them before you upload them to your page.

Sample interactive Vega chart rendered with Vega Embed.

vegaEmbed usage

🚨 For interactive charts from mixins, you must include in the page as raw HTML
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Interactive charts exported from the Mixin Browser and imported as Vega JSON and rendered using Vega Embed.

Interactive map of Chicago crime

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Interactive pie chart using a WordPress shortcode.

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Interactive Bar chart using WordPress shortcode

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Customized Vega spec with ChatGPT

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The following content utilizes the Foundry Share HTML feature, with charts as PNG images. Images are stored on the Foundry site. This approach has the following shortcomings.

  • If the Story is not published, images will show as broken links!
  • If the Story is republished images will show as broken links!

Some stats in Chicago

Fatal injuries citywide

and in Albany Park

Some stats in Chicago

NovDecJan2025FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct010,00020,000All crimes citywideCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown Foundry

Fatal injuries citywide

20212022202320242025020406080100120140160180Fatal injuries citywideCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown FoundryCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown FoundryCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown FoundryCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown FoundryCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown Foundry

and in Albany Park

202120222023202420250.00.20.40.60.81.01.21.41.61.82.02.22.42.62.83.0Fatal injuries in Albany ParkCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown FoundryCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown FoundryCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown FoundryCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown FoundryCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown Foundry

202020212022202320242025020406080100120140160Missed garbage pick-up complaint in Albany ParkCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown FoundryCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown FoundryCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown FoundryCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown FoundryCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown FoundryCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown Foundry

The following content utilizes the Foundry Share HTML feature, with charts as Vega Embeds.

Some stats in Chicago and in Albany Park




Bootstrap Grid Example

Column 1

Content for the first column. This will stack below the others on small screens.

Fatal injuries citywide

Column 2

This column is styled using Bootstrap classes like ‘p-3’ (padding) and ‘border’.

Column 3

The total width is 12 units (4+4+4=12), so they fit perfectly in one row.

Nested charts support is upcoming!

Bootstrap Card

This content uses the “card” component and “shadow” utility class.

Published Story published with images in Base64

Some stats in Chicago and in Albany Park




Bootstrap Grid Example

Column 1

Content for the first column. This will stack below the others on small screens.

Fatal injuries citywide

Column 2

This column is styled using Bootstrap classes like ‘p-3’ (padding) and ‘border’.

Column 3

The total width is 12 units (4+4+4=12), so they fit perfectly in one row.

Nested charts support is upcoming!

Bootstrap Card

This content uses the “card” component and “shadow” utility class.

Published Story published with images as SVG

Some stats in Chicago and in Albany Park

202020212022202320242025020406080100120140160Missed garbage pick-up complaint in Albany ParkCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown FoundryCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown FoundryCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown FoundryCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown FoundryCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown FoundryCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown Foundry




Bootstrap Grid Example

Column 1

Content for the first column. This will stack below the others on small screens.

Fatal injuries citywide

20212022202320242025020406080100120140160180Fatal injuries citywideCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown FoundryCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown FoundryCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown FoundryCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown FoundryCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown Foundry

Column 2

This column is styled using Bootstrap classes like ‘p-3’ (padding) and ‘border’.

NovDecJan2025FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct010,00020,000All crimes citywideCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown Foundry

Column 3

The total width is 12 units (4+4+4=12), so they fit perfectly in one row.

Nested charts support is upcoming!

202120222023202420250.00.20.40.60.81.01.21.41.61.82.02.22.42.62.83.0Fatal injuries in Albany ParkCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown FoundryCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown FoundryCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown FoundryCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown FoundryCity of Chicago . Created with Crosstown Foundry
Bootstrap Card

This content uses the “card” component and “shadow” utility class.

Custom Slippy Map with Mapbox