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The Big Numbers

Dustin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:45:21 +0000

Some 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

Dustin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:29:44 +0000

Some pretty interesting facts about gold.

Worst Times to Drive

Dustin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:03:00 +0000

We 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

Dustin — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:12:28 +0000

Daniel 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

Dustin — Wed, 11 May 2011 13:52:00 +0000

Here’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

Dustin — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:02:00 +0000

Visualization 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

Dustin — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:39:14 +0000

I’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

Dustin — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:06:29 +0000

Useful reading if you are a human being:

(via)

Flags of the World

Dustin — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:18:28 +0000

Roll 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

Dustin — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:18:15 +0000

The 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

Dustin — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 14:40:00 +0000

It turns out those numbers actually mean something.

World Bank Data Visualizer

Dustin — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:27:37 +0000

Graph 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

Dustin — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:03:53 +0000

Some 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

Dustin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:37:42 +0000

The 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

Dustin — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:31:57 +0000

Some 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: