Rochester NY Subway?
In: Maps
19 Jun 2009I grew up in Rochester, so this was pretty fascinating to me. I’ve seen references to the abandoned tunnels and always wanted to do some urban spelunking. Originally from rochestersubway.com.
WSJ Economist Survey (June 09 edition)
In: Employment Finance Global Economy Housing Interactive Source: WSJ Stock Market Updated regularly US Economy
18 Jun 2009Monthly interactive survey of 54 economist on a number of indicators and issues.
Bubbles 1994-2009
In: Bailout Finance Housing Reference Source: WSJ Stock Market US Economy
18 Jun 2009A good chart of US bubbles. The print version (p.A8, 6/18/09) had much better aesthetics. but the data are the same. Related article.
Crude Oil Prices 1861-2008
18 Jun 2009Some chart-junk here (raining data points? really?).
Infectious greed has another version, with historical annotations and some interesting comments:
California Housing Inventory
In: Housing US Economy
18 Jun 2009Not too bad. of course, these numbers are affected by all kinds of factors (people not listing because they’re underwater, etc). Source: Infectious Greed.
US Financial Oversight Proposals
18 Jun 2009A table summarizing the oversight reforms proposed on Wednesday. Related Washpost article.
More Auto Data
In: Bailout Maps US Economy
16 Jun 2009Ok, I know we’ve all about had it with visualizations of the history, market share, sales, brands, blah blah blah, concerning the US automotive industry — but here’s one last one from NPR. In addition to the map of Chrysler dealership closings shown below, there are several others of moderate interest if you click on the drop down menu in the upper right.
US Religion Map
16 Jun 2009I should probably send this over to Junk Charts for a proper critique. The transition animations are pretty, and the topic is interesting, but damn there just isn’t anything actually informative popping out at me here that seems worth all that effort. Maybe the data just wasn’t “deep” enough in detail.
The Grid
16 Jun 2009This interactive map provides obscene amount of information on the structure and composition of the United States electrical grid, including breakdowns by type of power (wind, solar, etc), info roll-overs, potential alternative capacity, and proposed upgrades. Related article(s).
US Economic Stress Index (April 09 data)
In: Employment Finance Housing Interactive Maps Updated regularly US Economy
16 Jun 2009AP added to an already good interactive chart this month – you can now click through different periods with the slider at the bottom. The map displays unemployment, foreclosures, bankruptcy, or a composite “stress index”, by county. In the upper right you can change the period the %-change is calculated for. Double click on a region to zoom in; click&hold to move around.
A Creative Resume
In: Humor Innovative
16 Jun 2009A little silly, and he should have put his salary on one of those axis, but it’s very well done, overall
Automotive Family Tree
In: Bailout US Economy
16 Jun 2009Trying to keep track of who owns what auto brands? Check out this interactive chart. (read the legend in the upper right to avoid confusion). Last updated 3/1/09, so it’s missing some recent changes, but you can read the site’s blog if you want the latest news.
Anatomy of a Mash-up
16 Jun 2009I like it when my passions cross-over.
Here’s a map of Girl Talk’s “What it’s All About” mashup (from Wired):
and here’s analysis of the samples in the whole album “Feed the Animals“:
Interestingly, the guy who pulled this together used Amazon’s Mechanical Turk to outsource much of the data collection – read the post for a description of how it works.
Color Scheme Designer
16 Jun 2009A great color selection tool with ridiculously detailed controls. You can generate web page examples instantly, export photoshop palette files, even adjust for color blindness?!
Perfect Landing
In: Bailout Employment Finance Housing Innovative Reference Source: WSJ
15 Jun 2009Ritholtz spotted this nice WSJ graphic on the importance of executing the Fed’s recession exit strategy just right. Related WSJ article.
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