Tom Jenkins Data Visualisation

Welcome to Tom Jenkins Data Visualisation

I am a freelance consultant in web application and dashboard development, specialising in transforming complex scientific and industry data into clear, insightful interactive visualisations.

I am particularly skilled at processing geospatial data and developing bespoke interactive maps. My prospective clients include individuals, research institutions and companies. Scroll down to see services and testimonials.

Services

Web Apps

Bespoke user-friendly web applications tailored to your needs

Dashboards

Interactive dashboards for data visualisation and insights

Maps

Custom interactive maps with real-time data and geospatial analysis

Featured Project

I developed four interactive web applications for ClimateUEA (University of East Anglia).

Two apps were designed to showcase their State of Wildfires data published in 2024, which will be updated annually. The other two apps were built to visualise the National Contributions to Global Warming data published in 2023 and display the percentage change in global mean surface temperature across different time periods for each country.

Open the tabs below to reveal more information about this project. Links to the apps hosted on the ClimateUEA website can also be found below.

Objectives

Preprocess geospatial data and convert into JSON and GeoJSON format
Build self-contained web applications using JavaScript that can be deployed on the ClimateUEA website

Data Processing

Developed R scripts to automate the processing and conversion of geospatial data in CSV format to JSON or GeoJSON files
Calculated new statistics from the data, such as percentage change in temperature for each country across different time periods (e.g. 1851 to 2022)

Agile Development

Collaborated closely with the team to create working solutions quickly
Continuously refined app user-interface and features based on feedback
Adapted to bespoke requests, such as adding information popups and options for users to download map images and data

Deployment

Worked with UEA IT team to deploy each app on AWS Amplify
Set up continuous integration and version control via Bitbucket to allow rapid updates to applications
Apps in production were embedded into the ClimateUEA web pages using iFrames

State of Wildfires

screenshot of UEA wildfire time series app

National Contributions to Global Warming

screenshot of UEA global warming map app

Testimonials

Hear from clients and users about the products and open-source tools I've developed

Testimonial from UEA colleague.

Corinne Le Quéré professor of climate change science

Thanks for this awesome tool [mapmixture], it's gonna be super helpful for a lot of people!

Carlos r package user

Thanks for developing this package [mapmixture], it's really great!

Manica r package user

Tom was very responsive to our requests and easy to work with. He carefully designed visualisations that captured the data in the way we wanted, with enhancements we hadn’t foreseen.

Adam Smith senior research associate

Tom worked tirelessly to deliver what we needed. He got the balance right between guiding how we display our work and respecting its scientific roots.

Matthew Jones nerc independent research fellow

... Finally can do those pie [admixture] maps using ggplot ... Amazing! Very happy to have found this!

Gabriele r package user

Thanks for this package [mapmixture]; it's convenient to use for great plots.

Cigdem r package user