Datum cursoria

what is it

A hundred and five logged runs through New York, March 2022 to December 2023. A rare case: the data carries a genuinely measured direction.

how is it made

From the start and end point of each run a compass bearing is computed, where the body actually went, and that drives the growth angle. Average speed drives step length, distance drives thickness, elevation gain per kilometre sets the colour. The long runs are the shocks.

what to look for

• A measured compass. like the wind, but earned on foot. Direction is where the body actually moved.
• Thin from thin data. only 105 runs, interpolated into a smooth form. A lean creature from lean data, honestly so.

the honest part

One of the strongest on its own terms: four separate measured fields and a real direction earned on foot rather than read off a calendar. The honest catch is the thinness: only 105 runs, shown as a lean creature rather than padded out to look richer than it is.