Links

Recap of the graphics used. The streaming enhanced version was struggling for me the other night, so I had to go with the non-chartified version.

Processing/Java library to create thematic maps and geovisualizations [via]

custom maps are all the rage these days

Another potential open data source, by CKAN

“Advertising is based on one thing: Happiness.” [via]

collaborating with Carnegie Mellon University for further development via student projects

to handle large counts and look at percent changes

a look back at the new developments last year and what to look forward to

“The map user has now become the map creator.”

gestural interfaces and information visualization together

one of my favorite data visualization firms, Periscopic, interviewed for Print Magazine on their work and process

starts with a transparent PNG, to the universe, and beyond, and then back again

moving time series, plus smooth scrolling

detailed article on the budding field

Lecture videos and materials for Statistics 110, offered at Harvard, on iTunes U for free

One of the best in the business look back at all of last year’s map work

Ranty post on why stat isn’t math

and statisticians rejoiced, although never satisfied until R is at the top

Inverse population density

“Today, in the Age of Participation, it’s crowds, not scholars, who are charting their own New World.”