Data Visualization: Trend map for 2007 and beyond

The two web sites “Nowandnext.com” and “Future Exploration Network” have together created a map of major trends for 2007 and beyond. The map covers trends for society & culture, government & politics, work & business, media & communications, science & technology, food & drink, medicine & well-being, financial services, retail & leisure, and transport & automotive. More information and the full size map at the…

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Map yourself on the Internet

The web site map-o-net has created a nice tool to show your or other IP addresses on a fractal chart. Great idea to visualize unused addresses as green grass…

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Worldprocessor: Data as Globes

Ingo Guenther’s “Worldprocessor” project that started in 1988 has created some of the most outstanding globes. Currently there are more then 300 different designs visualizing world statistical data as globes.
This project has been going for quite some time but the online catalog with hundreds of globes is still worth a look. We have selected a [...]

The BEST Interactive Image Interfaces on the Web

To create this list we have been looking at dozens of data visualization, image mapping and picture mosaic solutions plus piles of descriptions. To make the list most useful we came up with the following criteria for the tools:

Should be online and actively maintained by the site owner
Should be interactive
Should use photos / images [...]

Video: FedEx Ant Hill

In a presentation FedEx CIO referred to a video that shows the airplane network of FedEx planes flying in and out of Memphis during a 24 hour period. The video is on YouTube now. Nice animation and very relaxing to watch.

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New York: Neighborhood maps

There is of course the official neighborhood map from the N.Y.C. Dep. of City Planning that maps the 59 community districts but most New Yorkers have a few more names for their neighborhoods.
There is Hell’s kitchen, the Meat Packing district, the Theater district and many more that are not included in the official maps.
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Bush approval rating chart

The BBC has created a very nice interactive Approval Rating Tracker on their web site.
Together with the chart for one year or five years users can display details for key events. The charts are created with data from weekly and monthly opinion polls.

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Internet: Web Technology Family Tree

Those who want to see how all the web “buzz words” and technologies fit together should have a look at Modern Life is Rubbish’s “family tree” of common web technologies.

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Life: The Art of Complex Problem Solving

US consulting and graphic design company Ideagram has created an outstanding set of diagrams to explain problem solving processes. These are some of the best diagrams we have seen to visualize complex systems thinking, knowledge and ideas.
Marshall Clemens, a graphics designer and engineer is behind Ideagram.

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Design: Great animations online (1)

We had a look around for you to find some great animations and visualizations that anybody interested in design or art might like to watch. It’s quite impressive what’s out there on the web. There are many more but for this week lets start with the following five movies and sites.
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