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Twitter Trends Map
In: Culture Interactive Maps
23 Sep 2009Real time interactive map of tweets. Scroll in and see what people are talking about around the world.
Ancient Graphic Design
23 Sep 2009The Aztec calendar stone is a great example of data density.
Mickey-D Map
23 Sep 2009A map of the United States, colored by the distance to the nearest McDonalds. In case you were wondering, the furthest point from a McDonalds you can get to in the country is 107 miles (145 miles by car).
Branding
22 Sep 2009A comparison of how brands are ranked over time. I’d question the methodology and meaning of these surveys, but the graphic is well designed and curiously interesting to play with. Spotted at Infectious Greed.
Job Voyager
18 Sep 2009Along the lines of the baby name voyager and meme map, here you can type in an occupation and compare employment from 1850-2000. (try “economist”) Spotted over at Infectious Greed.
Metal Tree
In: Culture Humor Innovative
17 Sep 2009I need to make one of these for house music. Spotted at DataViz.
Food Stamps
In: Culture Food US Economy
16 Sep 2009At first I liked this, thinking that the icons identified different food assistance programs – but it’s just a one series bar chart (number of food stamp recipients). Spotted at FlowingData.
Suburbified New York
In: Culture Maps News Media
15 Sep 2009“Based on the New York Times ‘Living In‘ columns from the past ten years, this map uses color-coding to represent publication dates and provides a list of common phrases that describe the locations.” The phrases are pretty entertaining.
Bank Robberies
In: Culture Innovative
15 Sep 2009An interesting presentation of some bank robbery stats. Of course, the eye isn’t really that good at comparing arc lengths – but if you’re only trying to make broad statistical points these types of charts aren’t too bad.
Is College Worth the Cost?
14 Sep 2009Comparison of lifetime earnings of college graduates vs non. I think this is the originating OECD report for the data. Reminds me of the articles on whether MBAs are worth the cost. And for the record: a giant smiley face should never ever be the visual focal point of an infographic.
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.
Helping People is Dangerous
21 Aug 2009August 19th was World Humanitarian Day. The PDF file below charts the number of humanitarian workers who have been killed, kidnapped, and injured trying to help their fellow man. Thanks to Nancy Meaker for sending the link.
Tempo Magic
In: Culture
21 Aug 2009Britain’s top music, graphed against beats per minute.
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Terrorism Worry Tree
In: Commentary Culture Politics
15 Sep 2009Why have there been no more 9/11’s? Click on each of the theories to bring up the relevant essay, and make up your own mind.