Baby Name Voyager by Martin Wattenberg
Today marked the beginning of two weeks with Shawn Allen of Stamen Design who will be teaching us Interactive Data Visualization. From the course syllabus:
Each day the world produces untold amounts of information. Interactive data visualization is a practice that aims to distill and communicate that information to people in visual forms that are easy and fun to explore, understand, and use.
In this 2-week module, students will investigate the roles of intuitive user interfaces in data visualization. They will learn how metaphors are used to convey unfamiliar information, and how mental models aid in the interpretation of complex visual displays. They will then use a bottom-up, iterative process to create interactive displays of UN data using Adobe Flash.
Along with an introduction to Adobe Flex Builder, ActionScript 3 and the UN data set, we were presented with an overview of some well known data visualization projects. Keep reading to see my favorite ones…
Hans Rosling - TED Talk 2006
You’ve never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called “developing world.” - Ted.com
In this presentation Hans Rosling discusses people’s perceptions about the developing world but also makes many interesting points about the importance of data and making it available to the public. Learn more at Gapminder.org.
DIGG Labs by Stamen Design
Digg Labs by Stamen Design
A series of interactive, real-time data visualizations to help explore how people are using digg.com, the popular social news site. To see it in full swing, have a look at this video of Digg Labs when Apple announced the iPhone.
Crimespotting by Stamen Design
Oakland Crimespotting
Not quite as cool as the new Stamen crime reports visualizer we saw today, but still pretty cool is the Crimespotting map. Oakland reminds me of Philadelphia.
New York Times President Map
President Map from New York Times website
This is one of several interactive visualizations the NY Times ran on their website during the 2008 election.
MSNBC Hurricane Tracker by Stamen Design
MSNBC Hurricane Tracker
Another one from Stamen, this application lets you track hurricanes in real time. You can also go back and watch previous hurricanes in action.
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