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I kept hearing that the shipping port was out of commission and was wondering what exactly that meant. Here it is. (via Washington Post print edition)

Damage zone and location of aftershocks :

Faultlines, cities, population density, shaking:

Annotated map:

Zoomable satellite map of Port-au-Prince from 10:30 Wednesday:

NYT side-by-side before and after satellite pictures:

Map of logistical challenges hampering relief efforts:

Earthquake primer with details on Haiti’s plates:

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Pink Floyd Timeline

In: Culture

14 Jan 2010

I was excited at first, but the colors seem mostly for decoration and only indicate band member changes. (via)

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Languages

In: Culture Interactive Maps

13 Jan 2010

Maps of the different languages spoken in the USA. Via a discussion at Sociological Images which also critiques the methodology a bit.

Spanish:

French:

English:

You can also do side-by-side comparisons. French vs Spanish in New York:

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Percent of departures canceled or delayed during the holidays year-on-year. Two problems with this one: Why show an increase in delays as a reduction in the volume of the containers? And the comparison is pretty much useless without factoring the weather in somehow – especially if you’re trying to use the results to analyze new security measures.

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Age vs How Easy it is to Amuse Yourself

In: Culture Humor

13 Jan 2010

Took me a second to grasp, but I like it.

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History Shots

In: Culture Innovative Politics

12 Jan 2010

History Shots has a number of beautiful classically designed infographics that are very much worth browsing (and/or putting up on your wall).

Conquest of Everest: the expeditions leading up to the successful 1953 assault.

Race to the Moon:

History of the Political Parties:
1992-2008

1730-1982

Genealogy of Pop/Rock Music:

History of the Union and Confederate Armies:

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Netflix Map

In: Culture Interactive Maps Source: NYT

10 Jan 2010

Most rented and least rented movies in major metro areas. Roll over to view details by zipcode. Clearly contains some errors though. Benjamin Button was No1 and True Blood season 1 was 47? Thanks to Jack Lucky for pointing it out.

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Major Trends and Events 1750-2100

In: Culture Global Economy History Politics Reference Science

8 Jan 2010

Would make a good poster. Some of the predictions are questionable, of course. (via)

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Infographic Resumes

In: Culture Employment Innovative

8 Jan 2010

Cool Infographics has culled together 16 examples of using infographics as resumes/life timelines. Below are a few of the nicer looking ones, but I recommend reading Randy’s whole article.

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2010: A Formal Display of the Obvious

In: Culture Graphic Design (general) Humor Innovative

7 Jan 2010

An entertaining compendium of visualizations about the upcoming year, created for Chronogram Magazine. The magazine write-up included a wonderful self-denigrating statement from designer Jason Cring: “Cring believes infographic purists like information design guru Edward Tufte would be appalled. ‘Tufte’s very opinionated about the right and wrong ways to present information. He would not approve of any of this, I’m quite sure.'”