Mood Maps
14 Jul 2009Tired of red/yellow/green or up/down arrows for indicators? Take a look at this description of Mood Maps and a great example of process mapping from Lego. Very interesting. Hat tip to Vizworld for spotting it.
Meme Visualization
14 Jul 2009Similar in interaction to the Baby Name Wizard, this chart shows the frequency of top media quotes over time. Click on a single meme to zoom in and isolate it (or start typing in the box at the top and it will filter in real time – type “econ” for example).
Health Care Lobbying
In: Innovative Politics
14 Jul 2009A Teacher’s guide showing how much money Senators received from the health care industry. The interesting (appalling) part is the little bar graphs under each State comparing increases in health care premiums to increases in workers’ incomes.
US States’ Fiscal Problem
13 Jul 2009As of 5/15/09. Roll-overs provide detailed data. Related article.
Map of Human Sexuality
In: Culture Humor Interactive Maps
12 Jul 2009It’s quite entertaining in it’s comprehensiveness, and the online interactive feature of adding your own “travel pins” puts it over the top.
WSJ Economist Survey (July 09 edition)
In: Bailout Employment Finance Housing Interactive Source: WSJ Updated regularly US Economy
12 Jul 2009Interactive results of a survey of 54 economists, on a number of indicators and issues. Updated Monthly. Related article.
Fed Balance Sheet
12 Jul 2009Updated 7/9/9:
Retail Sales
12 Jul 2009Sales by retailer compared to Goldman Sachs index. Not sure that this data is worth the trouble, but well done.
Six Things That Could Make It Worse
11 Jul 2009I would have added a deadlier swine flu or terrorist attack.
London Stats
11 Jul 2009London population, life expectancy, benefits, emergency calls, and disease.I think a heat map with the rollovers would have been better.
Health Care Map
In: Maps US Economy
9 Jul 2009FlowingData spotted this map of medicare expenditures. Roll overs show details for “hospital referral regions”.
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