Inspired by the great work done by Paul Butler to visualise Facebook friendship connections across the globe, London-based web developer Jim Holden has produced some great mapping visuals of the UK using postcode, bus stop and road network data. Click on the images below for larger more detailed image versions, which do the visualisations more […]
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Its been a great start to the week in the world of visualisation with Paul Butler’s terrific design showing some fascinating patterns of Facebook friends and Nathan Yau reminding us of some of the best work that has taken place this year. Now, the New York Times graphics team have joined the party with the
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In advance of tomorrow’s announcement from the Government about the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review, today’s online edition of the Guardian has a great interactive feature allowing readers to simulate the role of Chancellor and apply cuts to the variety of department budgets. The interface is designed as a treemap with sections sized in
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Reader Mark Lukas has been in touch to share details of an interesting Augmented Reality (AR) project he has been working on. For those of you unaware of AR is a rapidly emerging technological concept involving the overlay of an interactive visual display, such as data, graphics, video or animation, onto a physical object or
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“You must come round and look at my holiday photos” is a phrase that sends shivers down most spines, mine included. Nevertheless, I wanted to share some photos of my experiences as a tourist in New York last week, particularly from an information design perspective. Here is a collection of the various snaps I took
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On 2 November, the US holds midterm elections to Congress. To allow UK readers (in particular) to learn more about what these midterms involve and why they are important, the Guardian has produced a really useful interactive feature. There are a number of screens that lead the reader through the background information, with the key
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Over the several years I have been immersed in data visualisation there have been many occasions when I’ve come across a graphic that is largely well intended but basically ineffective, yet it actually proves to be quite a challenge to help justify (based on evidence) and articulate the specific reasons for its shortcomings to others.
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Spotted on Wired, the developers responsible for Last.fm’s ‘VIP playground’ have announced the launch of a visualisation service that plots subscribers’ listening habits over a certain time period onto a 24 hour clock graphic. This follows other last.fm graphic developments such as the listening trends streamgraph (read more about streamgraphs here) and music universe. I
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Just come across a very slick interactive published on Newsweek, designed by Thomas Klepl and Adam Clarkson. The graphic presents information around Newsweek’s study of health, education, economy and politics to rank the world’s top nations. The interactive allows you to explore all the data for each country, based around a dynamic parallel coordinates type
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The OFCOM Communications Market Report 2010 has been published today. For those who don’t know about OFCOM it is the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries and this is arguably their most important and influential annual report. At 379 pages it represents a significant volume of work and, not surprisingly, contains a
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