Reference Archive:
The Big Numbers
12 Jan 2012Some of the data points here are interesting, but I think it throws together too many different data types. Mass fatalities count as “Human Gatherings”?!? The colors are beyond drab, and the spiral just adds to the confusion. In summary: Ick.
Gold
12 Jan 2012
Worst Times to Drive
In: Reference
16 Nov 2011We could probably critique a few things here, but it’s so nice to see an infoposter where they actually put in a lot of useful data – in charts! – that I think we can let those slide.
Used Car Prices
In: Innovative Reference
22 Jun 2011Daniel Rathbone created this tool to aggregate used car prices from Craigslist. Besides being a useful way to shop for cars, it’s also interesting to see how different brands and models hold up in value over time. For example, check out the Accord vs Corvette below.
Dance Music Frequency Map
In: Reference
11 May 2011Here’s one for all you DJs out there. A map of where different instruments fall on the sonic scale.
Not quite as comprehensive as the version we posted in 2009 below:
Human Development Index Tree
27 Apr 2011Visualization of several United Nations indices on education, income, and health. I’m not quite sure what the point of using a “tree” is, but they obviously put some thought into it: The height of the tree trunk is proportional to the total value of the HDI. The size of the three branches are proportional to each sub-indicator. The branches are ordered in increasing order from left to right. The color of the trunk is the average of the color of the components.
Here’s a tree “legend”:
and a comparison of the United States and China:
Hipmunk Hotels
In: Innovative Maps Reference
18 Mar 2011I’ve praised Hipmunk’s slick airline reservation interface before. Now they’ve added hotels – and it’s awesome. Besides mapping out locations and allowing filtering on prices and amenities, you can also overlap heatmaps for food, tourism, shopping, nightlife, and “vice”. The map below is for Washington DC’s nightlife, and is pretty damn accurate.
Rational Discussion Flowchart
17 Mar 2011
Flags of the World
In: Interactive Maps Reference
2 Feb 2011Roll over any nation on this map of the world to see that country’s flag, as well as an explanation of the symbolism of its design. For example, the colors in Egypt’s flag represent oppression (black), overcome through bloody struggle (red), to be replaced by a bright future (white) – a timeless design, apparently. Thanks to Jack Lucky for the link!
Fun and Games with Airline Ticket Prices
In: Interactive Maps Reference
27 Jan 2011The Wall Street Journal has a nice article about the weekly ebbs and flows of airline ticket sales. If you want to dig deeper, farecompare.com has done some longer period analysis of this topic.
Flipping the typical fare question on it’s head, below is a very cool interactive map where you input how much you want to spend and it will show you where you can fly for that much money:
Kayak.com has also graphed a few charts of average ticket prices, and provides downloadable data:
Finally, since we’re on the topic, I want to give a Chart Porn graphic design gold star to Hipmunk’s flight reservation site. It’s what selecting a flight should look like:
Interpreting your Credit Card and Social Security Numbers
In: Reference
23 Jan 2011
World Bank Data Visualizer
In: Emerging Markets Global Economy History Interactive Reference
30 Nov 2010Graph a wide range of World Development Indicators, gapminder-style, using the World Bank’s Data Visualizer. There is also a trade-related version.
Hipmunk: Visual Airline Reservations
22 Oct 2010Some airlines (Southwest and Jetblue) have made choosing flights an almost pleasant experience by clearly presenting available flights and costs — most other airlines still suck. Hipmunk is a new flight search tool which applies some simple design techniques to aggregate options clearly. I also love that they have a “sort by agony” option which combines price, duration, and layovers. (via FlowingData)
2010 Radial Calendar
7 Jul 2010The year in a circle. Not sure I agree with a lot of the color choices, but the layout it comprehensive, and includes the lunar calendar. Available as a poster. (via)
Finviz Financial Visualizations
In: Finance Global Economy Interactive Reference Stock Market Updated regularly US Economy
7 Jun 2010Some really great financial analysis tools here.
Treemaps (for S&P, world, filter by sector, period, drill down as far as you want)
Same info as bubbles, with roll over graphs:
Bar, Spectrum, and other performance charts by industry, country, or capitalization:
Tables of insider trading:
Futures:
Foreign Exchange:
And a crazy filter system for stock tables:
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