In: Interactive Maps News Media Science Source: Washington Post
21 Aug 2009From a Washington Post article on fatal helicopter accidents. What first looked like just one kind of interesting chart turned out to be three solid ones once you started clicking around. (Thanks to Jane An for pointing them out).
August 19th was World Humanitarian Day. The PDF file below charts the number of humanitarian workers who have been killed, kidnapped, and injured trying to help their fellow man. Thanks to Nancy Meaker for sending the link.
In: Emerging Markets Global Economy Innovative Interactive Maps Source: FT Updated regularly
21 Aug 2009I’ve been tempted to steal this design many times. it’s a nice way to present mostly qualitative information for a large number of countries – and people understand it intuitively.
Compare some interesting housing variables (foreclosure rate, home price %change, personal income %change, and GDP). The related article talks about Vermont missing the boom and the bust.
In: Environment/weather Interactive Maps Science Source: WSJ Updated regularly
21 Aug 2009A map of the paths of several hurricanes. Looks like they plan to update it throughout the hurricane season. This is very similar to the AP tool I mentioned in June.
Excellent data from the WSJ, via The Big Picture.
In: Culture
21 Aug 2009In: Culture Food Innovative
21 Aug 2009Fantastic chart from Information is Beautiful. Caffeine on one axis, calories on the other.
In: Politics US Economy
21 Aug 2009From a Wired blog post about the space program.
A collection of interesting charts, tables, maps, and interactive data toys -- with a focus on economics and graphic design.