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Another beauty from xkcd. I’m a little dubious of the methodology behind the liberal/conservative distinctions, but they’re upfront and clear about what is being displayed.

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Greek Mythology Family Tree

In: Culture

24 Oct 2012

A lot bigger than I thought:

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A Day in Our Solar System

In: Interactive Science

24 Oct 2012

Beautiful gif illustrating simultaneous orbits.

There’s also an interactive version which allows you to do cool things like pick the year, and view Tychonian (earth-centric) orbits or zodiac houses.

p.s: sorry for not posting in a while – I was in Asia for several weeks, and while they do have internet there, I was busy exploring instead of digging up infographics:

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Cheetahs!

In: Graphic Design (general) Innovative Science

2 Oct 2012

To be honest, I get submitted so many crap info-posters, I almost didn’t catch this one. Lots of interesting content, and the animation is a nice aesthetic innovation (though probably not really necessary, of course).

In related news, the Washington DC Zoo has had a steady crop of adorable cheetah cubs the past few years. Click the link for some awww-some pictures.

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Election Projections

In: Interactive Maps Politics Source: Washington Post

2 Oct 2012

Some fantastically clear interactive maps from the Washington Post, identifying tossups in each race (Presidential, Senate, House, Governor).

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Safest Seat on a Plane

In: Science

1 Oct 2012

Based on a Popular Mechanics review of every commercial jet crash in the United States since 1971, that had both fatalities and survivors.

In 11 of the 20 crashes, rear passengers clearly fared better. Only five accidents favored those sitting forward. Three were tossups, with no particular pattern of survival. In one case, seat positions could not be determined.

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Startup Salaries and Equity Shares

In: Employment Interactive Internet/tech

25 Sep 2012

Dynamic bubble chart showing compensation ranges for startups across different job types. I’m kinda afraid to ask what a “Sales Engineer” is.

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Top 20 Data Visualization Tools

In: Graphic Tools

25 Sep 2012

A list compiled by Brian Suda over at netmagazine.com. It’s a little heavy on java libraries – but I suppose that’s the direction visualization is heading. Still, you think basic tools like Illustrator, or BI software like Tableau would have made it in there somewhere.

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You’re Too Old to be King?

In: History

25 Sep 2012

Ages and reigns of famous leaders throughout history. The coverage is a little odd. Mao but not Castro? No Khans?

Here’s a similar chart of the empires themselves. I’m told this is an awesome graphic, but I can’t read Italian.

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Update: Economic Indicators Dashboard

In: Employment Housing US Economy

24 Sep 2012

One of my favorite economic dashboards. It highlights major macro indicators, what direction they are trending, what the typical ranges are, and lets you drill down to explanations of why you should care. Looks like a lot of indicators are finally in the “typical” range.