Archive for September, 2009
Winners and Losers
13 Sep 2009Animation of Wall Street’s Market cap from October 07 through today.
Homeland Insecurity
In: Humor Interactive Politics
13 Sep 2009An interactive timeline of the US terror alert level. I was just flying last week and wondering how long we had been on Orange (high) with nothing happening. Spotted at Information Aethestics.
and because it seems relevant, a favorite from Wondermark:
Ten Dimensions?
In: Science
13 Sep 2009Something a little different: a visualization of the 10 dimensions currently postulated by physics:
Rising Health Insurance Costs
In: Interactive Maps Politics
13 Sep 2009Roll over a state to compare costs in 1996 to 2006. Colors show number of uninsured workers (should have shown percentages).
Solar, Wind, and Bodies
11 Sep 2009These have been making the rounds. (I like the revised version at the bottom which does the same comparison with matrix-style human batteries)
MSNBC Spectra Visual Newsreader
11 Sep 2009Yet another news aggregator visualization. But this one spins and is in color!! Ok, perhaps that’s a little snarky — there is some clever design here, but I question how useful it is – maybe if it was on a wall sized touchscreen or something.
Guantanamo Tracker
10 Sep 2009AP seems very into tracking things lately. thankfully they are doing it in interesting ways. This one shows Guantanamos population, and lists what is happening with each detainee as Guantanamo is phased out.
Wildfires
10 Sep 2009Along the lines of the interactive hurricane trackers, but if you click around you also find information on historical trends, how wildfires grow, and even some basic fire ecology info and an explanation of why prescribed fires are a good idea.
News Dots
10 Sep 2009Recent news items illustrated as a giant interactive network map. “Subjects-represented by the circles below-are connected to one another if they appear together in at least two stories, and the size of the dot is proportional to the total number of times the subject is mentioned.” The nice part is you can drill down to the actual news articles on the right. Updated daily by Slate.
Fastest Things in/on Water
In: Science
10 Sep 2009Not sure this deserved so much color and design. but it’s aesthetically pleasing.
Live Storm Tracker
10 Sep 2009Kind of fun, with good roll-overs and animation; only shows current storms and projections. Click on the little hurricane icons around the sides of the map to shift to other storms.
Best Movies of All Time
In: Culture Innovative Maps
10 Sep 2009A clever metro-style map of the top 250 movies of all time (as voted by IMDB users), organized by movie type. Spotted at Dataviz.
Global Diseases
In: Global Economy Interactive Maps Science Updated regularly
10 Sep 2009A map of the “current global state of infectious diseases and their effect on human and animal health.” Filter by country, type of disease, etc. Spotted at Cool Infographics.
Income Equalizing?
10 Sep 2009Four charts on income inequality in the United States. The related article argues that the recession may be lowering the gap by clobbering the wealthy.
Nuclear is Making a Comeback
10 Sep 2009Maps of operational reactors, those under construction, planned, and as a percent of total electricity:
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