Comments on: Afternoon Thread: Best Visualization of 2009? http://flowingdata.com/2009/12/10/afternoon-thread-best-visualization-of-2009/ Strength in Numbers Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:57:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert Kosara http://flowingdata.com/2009/12/10/afternoon-thread-best-visualization-of-2009/#comment-37159 Robert Kosara Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:36:36 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4306#comment-37159 Does it have to be a particular visualization application, or could it be a toolkit? If the latter, I nominate <a href="http://protovis.org/" rel="nofollow">Protovis</a>. It needs more documentation and better recipes for people to get started quickly - and, of course, work on IE. But once these things are in place (and they're not insurmountable), it will be The Way Visualization is Done on The Web. @Paul: thanks for the nomination, much appreciated! Does it have to be a particular visualization application, or could it be a toolkit? If the latter, I nominate Protovis. It needs more documentation and better recipes for people to get started quickly – and, of course, work on IE. But once these things are in place (and they’re not insurmountable), it will be The Way Visualization is Done on The Web.

@Paul: thanks for the nomination, much appreciated!

]]> By: Djam http://flowingdata.com/2009/12/10/afternoon-thread-best-visualization-of-2009/#comment-37152 Djam Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:49:53 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4306#comment-37152 I recently started reading posts on this site and Microsoft Pivot impressed me the most: http://flowingdata.com/2009/12/10/microsoft-live-labs-pivot-interact-with-massive-amounts-of-data/ I should definitely go thru the older posts, though I recently started reading posts on this site and Microsoft Pivot impressed me the most:
http://flowingdata.com/2009/12.....s-of-data/

I should definitely go thru the older posts, though

]]> By: Jen http://flowingdata.com/2009/12/10/afternoon-thread-best-visualization-of-2009/#comment-37149 Jen Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:25:50 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4306#comment-37149 A Visual History of the Supreme Court: http://timeplots.com/scotus/ "full sweep of American federal judicial history from 1789 to 2009. It combines biographical information on every Supreme Court justice with a visualization of the influence of U.S. presidents and their political parties on the Court over time" A Visual History of the Supreme Court:
http://timeplots.com/scotus/

“full sweep of American federal judicial history from 1789 to 2009. It combines biographical information on every Supreme Court justice with a visualization of the influence of U.S. presidents and their political parties on the Court over time”

]]> By: mg.pettit http://flowingdata.com/2009/12/10/afternoon-thread-best-visualization-of-2009/#comment-37142 mg.pettit Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:06:37 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4306#comment-37142 I have to agree. So wonderful. I have to agree. So wonderful.

]]> By: Nathan Yau http://flowingdata.com/2009/12/10/afternoon-thread-best-visualization-of-2009/#comment-37140 Nathan Yau Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:36:35 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4306#comment-37140 new rule: you can't pick yourself. new rule: you can’t pick yourself.

]]> By: Steve http://flowingdata.com/2009/12/10/afternoon-thread-best-visualization-of-2009/#comment-37136 Steve Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:02:52 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4306#comment-37136 Personally, I'm quite taken by the "Distance From McDonald's" map in this post: http://www.weathersealed.com/2009/09/22/where-the-buffalo-roamed/ However, I might be a little biased. :) Personally, I’m quite taken by the “Distance From McDonald’s” map in this post:

http://www.weathersealed.com/2.....lo-roamed/

However, I might be a little biased. :)

]]> By: Adam Nieman http://flowingdata.com/2009/12/10/afternoon-thread-best-visualization-of-2009/#comment-37133 Adam Nieman Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:22:17 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4306#comment-37133 Best visualisation of 2009? Carbon Quilt :-) http://carbonquilt.org - OK! I'm biased, but it is nevertheless a radically new way to visualise quantities. It transforms abstract notions such as a 'carbon footprint' into concrete images that viewers can relate to with reference to the things that are most meaningful to them. It provides a sense of absolute scale and relative scale at the same time. It works well on all scales - from the carbon footprint of a single light-bulb to the carbon footprint of a whole continent. Here's America's per-capita emissions of carbon dioxide: http://carbonquilt.org/mass/18_993/tonnes/co2?t=USA_per_capita_emissions And here's China's for comparison: http://carbonquilt.org/mass/4_657/tonnes/co2?t=China%27s_per_capita_emissions Here's a 60W lightbulb for 1 hour: http://carbonquilt.org/mass/32_22/grammes/co2?t=60W_lightbulb_for_one_hour_%28UK_grid_electricity%29 Here's the whole of Africa's emissions for 2006: http://carbonquilt.org/mass/1_068/gigatonnes/co2?t=Africa%27s_total_emissions%2C_2006 Best visualisation of 2009? Carbon Quilt :-) http://carbonquilt.org

- OK! I’m biased, but it is nevertheless a radically new way to visualise quantities. It transforms abstract notions such as a ‘carbon footprint’ into concrete images that viewers can relate to with reference to the things that are most meaningful to them. It provides a sense of absolute scale and relative scale at the same time. It works well on all scales – from the carbon footprint of a single light-bulb to the carbon footprint of a whole continent.

Here’s America’s per-capita emissions of carbon dioxide: http://carbonquilt.org/mass/18....._emissions

And here’s China’s for comparison:
http://carbonquilt.org/mass/4_....._emissions

Here’s a 60W lightbulb for 1 hour:
http://carbonquilt.org/mass/32.....tricity%29

Here’s the whole of Africa’s emissions for 2006:
http://carbonquilt.org/mass/1_.....ns%2C_2006

]]> By: Bonnie DeVarco http://flowingdata.com/2009/12/10/afternoon-thread-best-visualization-of-2009/#comment-37132 Bonnie DeVarco Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:54:54 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4306#comment-37132 Partial to locative visualizations as global or cultural game changers, my top choices would be the brilliant "Bella Gaia" www.bellagaia.com and the "Geography of Buzz" http://flowingdata.com/2009/04/13/geography-of-buzz-in-los-angeles-and-new-york/. Other infovis favorites this year are: “Death and Taxes” 2009 http://www.wallstats.com/deathandtaxes/ and Ben Fry's “Traces - Evolution of Darwin's Ideas” http://benfry.com/traces/ Partial to locative visualizations as global or cultural game changers, my top choices would be the brilliant “Bella Gaia” http://www.bellagaia.com and the “Geography of Buzz” http://flowingdata.com/2009/04.....-new-york/.

Other infovis favorites this year are: “Death and Taxes” 2009 http://www.wallstats.com/deathandtaxes/ and Ben Fry’s “Traces – Evolution of Darwin’s Ideas” http://benfry.com/traces/

]]> By: Chris Mueller http://flowingdata.com/2009/12/10/afternoon-thread-best-visualization-of-2009/#comment-37131 Chris Mueller Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:50:08 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4306#comment-37131 I'd vote for the Horizonless Manhattan projection because it was so innovative: http://flowingdata.com/2009/05/05/here-there-horizonless-perspective-of-manhattan/ or Stamen's Stimulus funding map for its timeliness and expert implementation: http://flowingdata.com/2009/09/09/stimulus-funding-map-is-slick-as-hell/ I’d vote for the Horizonless Manhattan projection because it was so innovative:
http://flowingdata.com/2009/05.....manhattan/

or Stamen’s Stimulus funding map for its timeliness and expert implementation:
http://flowingdata.com/2009/09.....k-as-hell/

]]> By: Paul http://flowingdata.com/2009/12/10/afternoon-thread-best-visualization-of-2009/#comment-37127 Paul Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:29:39 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=4306#comment-37127 My vote is for Robert Kosara's excellent response to a sick chart: http://eagereyes.org/criticism/curing-a-sick-chart My vote is for Robert Kosara’s excellent response to a sick chart:
http://eagereyes.org/criticism/curing-a-sick-chart

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