Visualization

Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.

Wind motion patterns animated

Nicolas Garcia Belmonte, author of the JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit, mapped 72 hours of…

Really old maps online

Maps have been around for a long time, but you might not know…

Maps with R

Three-part tutorial on making non-ugly choropleth maps in R. This is part one.…

Giant globe display

Hawt. [Tokyotek via @datapointed]…

Map your Twitter friends

You’d think that this would’ve been done by now, but this simple mashup…

Patterns of daily life in Netherlands from Above

In a similar fashion to their work in Britain from Above, CGI and…

Password reuse visualizer from Mozilla

When you use the same password for every online account, there could be…

Point guard fundamentals of Jeremy Lin

You knew this was coming, right? The New York Times describes the point…

Urine color chart

A Boy Scout is always prepared. See also: Bristol stool chart.…

Slicing Obama’s 2013 budget proposal four ways

With Obama’s recent budget for next year proposed, Shan Carter et. al of…

Interactive and animated word cloud

For those who die a little inside every time they see a word…

Abstract maps of the United States

Esquire invited a handful of map-makers to represent the United States outside its…

Famous dances in television and cinema illustrated

In a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Dancing Plague of 1518, Niege Borges illustrates…

Taxi migration in Manhattan

While we’re on the topic of things moving on a map of changing…

Animation shows national migration patterns

Even Westvang uses tax return data to visualize migration patterns of 300,000 Norwegians.…

Tracking the grizzly bear in emotional interactive documentary

In a blend of data and storytelling, Jeremy Mendes and Leanne Allison dig…

Most mentioned NFL players on SportsCenter

Like something from of a video game, this graphic from The New York…

Compare presidential candidate fundraising

Presidential candidates have raised $186 million up to now, according to the Federal…