Visualization

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

Various ways to rate a college

There are a bunch of college ratings out there to help students decide…

Tracking firefly trails in the forest

Physicist Kristian Cvecek hangs out in the forest sometimes to take these beautiful…

Mapping the moves of New York residents

A couple of months back, WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show asked listeners who…

Real-time match display for the US Open

The tennis US Open is in full swing, and since you’re at work,…

What different sorting algorithms sound like

Last month we saw sorting algorithms visualized in rainbow technicolor. Now, by Rudy…

A house that knows when you’re happy and sad

Auger Loizeau, in collaboration with Reyer Zwiggelaar and Bashar Al-Rjoub, describe their smart-home…

The beauty of data visualization

Connoisseur of scaled rounded rectangles, bubbles, and triangles, David McCandless of Information is…

Asteroid discoveries over past 30 years visualized

This animation by Scott Manley of the Armagh Observatory shows a beautiful view…

Map of who owns the Arctic

Do you know who owns the Arctic? As it turns out, it’s a…

Icons of the Web scaled by popularity

Nmap visualizes site popularity as scaled icons. Favicons, that is. They’re that little…

How tax breaks could affect your bottom line

Wilson Andrews and Alicia Parlapiano report for The Washington Post on how the…

Countries of the world ranked by stuff

What country has the best education? Health? Quality of life? Thomas Klepl and…

Election night in Australia relived

It was election night a few days ago in Australia, and News.com.au ran…

If major environmental disasters happened in your neighborhood…

When major environmental disasters occur, thousands of people are often affected, but it’s…

Pseudo-variety and ownership of the soft drink industry

When you buy soft drinks and other beverages at the grocery store, most…

Understanding Shakespeare with visualization

Shakespeare literature is confusing. That’s not even an opinion. It’s a fact. Stephan…

Design advanced online and interactive maps with Polymaps

In a collaboration between SimpleGeo, who makes location data easier to access, and…

Bus movements in San Francisco animated

Eric Fischer has been having a good bit of fun with maps lately.…