Globe Genie - Joe McMichael. Redesigning the New York City subway map - O'Reilly Radar. Note: The field of data visualization is much broader than most people conceive of it, and exploring this breadth was one of our primary goals in compiling the projects described in “Beautiful Visualization.”
In the following excerpt, KickMap designer Eddie Jabbour explains the complexity he faced and the trade-offs he made while reinventing one of the most iconic maps in the world. What follows is Eddie Jabbour’s story, as told to Julie Steele: Maps are one of the most basic data visualizations that we have; we’ve been making them for millennia. But we still haven’t perfected them as a tool for understanding complex systems — and with 26 lines and 468 stations across five boroughs, the New York City subway system certainly is complex. The KickMap is the result of my quest to design a more effective subway map, and ultimately to encourage increased ridership. LIS724. The 2010 Social Networking Map. This post was written by Jenny Urbano, our Social Media Manager.
Here at Demandforce, we love seeing and celebrating your ideas! And more than that, we love to hear from YOU. Maps In Modern Web Design: Showcase and Examples - Smashing Magazine. Advertisement Geo-location was a hot topic in 2009.
With so many applications on GPS-enabled smartphones, more maps than ever were accessible to the average person.