Archive for April, 2010
Economic Indicators Dashboard (Apr ‘10 ver)
In: Employment Finance Housing Interactive Stock Market US Economy
23 Apr 2010One of my favorite summaries of economic indicators. Click on any of the “historical details” to see what each indicator means and why it’s important.
European Airport Status Map
19 Apr 2010Looks like they might be updating this periodically (was showing 9:50am Monday when I posted). Related article.
Here’s another one from the Guardian that also shows the spread of the ash over time:
So You Need a Typeface
16 Apr 2010
Dirty Priest Relocation Map
In: Culture Interactive Maps
15 Apr 2010
UK Party Lines
15 Apr 2010Interactive guide to the views of the Labour, Conservative, and Liberal Democrat parties on various issues.
Revolving Door of Kyrgyz Politics
In: Politics
15 Apr 2010Ok, I don’t really care much about Kyrgyz politics, but this is a well designed chart. It would be interesting to see something similar for US administrations.
Psychological Cycles of Recessions
In: Finance Global Economy Reference Source: Ritholtz Stock Market
15 Apr 2010Barry Ritholtz has pulled together a great collection of charts mapping out how we tend to view economic cycles. Check out his post for an interesting related discussion.
Census Participation Map
In: Interactive Maps Politics
12 Apr 2010
Economist Covers
12 Apr 2010The Economist magazine always has interesting designs on the cover. If you’re looking for inspiration for economic imagery, you can view them online going back to 2000, including by the different editions (US/EU/etc):
Infographic Infographic
12 Apr 2010
Atlas of Global Conservation
In: Environment/weather Interactive Maps Science Source: Washington Post
12 Apr 2010The Nature Conservancy has developed an atlas of ecodiversity and conservation. The hard copy will be published on Earth Day 2010, but some maps are available online now.(Related Washington Post article and photo gallery).
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