Daniël Staal
Data Visualization Designer
I design and build interactive data products, maps and visual stories that make complex societal topics understandable and usable.
Experience
Lead Data Visualization Designer
Climate Adaptation Services
- Lead a technical team and deliver ~20 interactive visualisations, dashboards and map tools used by municipalities, water boards and researchers across the Netherlands.
- Design and build frontend data products end-to-end — from requirements translation with researchers and policymakers to UX, development and delivery.
- Architect an open-source map viewer platform for the Climate Effect Atlas (~500 daily visitors), currently in development.
AI Intern — Real Estate Fraud Detection
City of Amsterdam & University of Amsterdam
Built a classification model to flag suspicious real estate transactions using municipal registry data.
Selected Projects
Open Source Climate Atlas
Open-source configurable map viewer platform for the Climate Effect Atlas (in development). Will enable municipalities and water boards to explore climate data through interactive maps with layer management, scenario switching and PDF export.
SvelteKit, MapLibre, Supabase, GeoServer
Climate Neighbourhood Dashboard
Interactive map dashboard for the Climate Effect Atlas. Used by municipalities and water boards to explore heat, flooding, drought and green coverage at neighbourhood level.
SvelteKit, D3.js, MapLibre, GIS
Unseen Heat
Award-winning scrollytelling experience exploring extreme heat scenarios in the Netherlands through 2050. Built for a broad audience of citizens and policymakers, with data visualisations and audio narration.
SvelteKit, D3.js, Scrollytelling, Audio
Drought Chain Visualisation
Circular interactive diagram mapping causes and impacts across the full drought chain — from meteorological triggers to effects on water, soil and economic sectors. Designed for researchers and policymakers at national level.
D3.js, React, Bézier curves
Pontkomt
Realtime ferry departure app for Amsterdam's IJ ferries, with live GPS tracking and schedule data. Published on iOS and Android.
SvelteKit, Capacitor, REST API, GTFS
Education
MSc Artificial Intelligence
University of Amsterdam
BSc Natural & Social Sciences
University of Amsterdam — Major in AI
+ Minor Physics · Minor Programming
Awards & Publications
Climate Creatives Challenge
Award — The Environmental Design Studio, for Unseen Heat
EGU General Assembly
Publication — "Unseen Heat: a visual climate story"