Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
How much underwear to bring on a trip →
Packing underwear for a short trip is easy. You just pack a pair…
Mosquitos: The deadliest animal
This graphic from the Gates Foundation is from a few months ago, but…
FoamTree: Visualize hierarchical data with a lot of groups
For small-ish amounts of hierarchical data, most JavaScript libraries can handle the load.…
xkcd: Dominant players in chess and basketball →
I’m pretty sure xkcd is the only one who gets away with showing…
Birth year and political leanings →
A statistical model, from Yair Ghitza of Catalist and Andrew Gelman of Columbia…
Whaling in Japan explained →
After a ruling by the United Nations International Court of Justice, Japan was…
Test your geographic knowledge in Google map game
Smarty Pins is a simple, fun map game by Google. You get a…
Filing cabinet follows people around, like a data trail
Jaap de Maat, a graduate student at the Royal College of Art, rigged…
Data Cuisine uses food as the medium
Ditch the computer screen for your data. It’s all about the food. Moritz…
NSA programs with goofy names →
Julia Angwin and Jeff Larson for ProPublica made a chart of NSA programs…
Bass Shapes visualizes sound in hand-drawn style
Media artist Nick Hardeman’s audio visualization app Bass Shapes was rejected by the…
Visualizing algorithms →
Mike Bostock, who you might recognize from such things as Data-Driven Documents or…
Real-time lightning map
Blitzortung is a community of volunteers who install inexpensive lightning sensors and transmit…
Detailed UK census data browser
DataShine Census provides a detailed view into United Kingdom 2011 census data. Population,…
