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NASA maps a decade of fires, a global tour
Using satellite data that goes back to 2002, NASA maps tens of millions of fires worldwide in this global tour.
Since 1955, Fortune Magazine has published a list of America's 500 largest companies. What companies have risen to the top?
The Fortune 500, 1955 to 2010
Kiva , the microfinance site, lets you give small loans to people around the world to help them get their small business up and running.
Five years of Kiva lending and borrowing
R , the favorite computing language of a growing number of statisticians, is friendly enough that you can get a lot done without being an expert programmer, because there are a lot of packages and built-in functions that can take care a lot of the grunt work for you.
Book: The Art of R Programming
Not many people ride the train anymore, but a lot of inventory is still moved via freight.
Freight railroad mergers
Growing up, most of my friends had cable television, but whenever I brought it up, my parents would always say that I watched enough TV already (which was true). So it was always a treat when we went somewhere like a hotel, where there were more than five channels.
Why I want to quit cable
Geographic data doesn’t always have to be mapped
Matthew Ericson, deputy graphics director at The New York Times , talks maps and when you should try something else : Maps also a terrific way to let readers look up information about specific places.
Shan Carter, who makes interactive graphics for The New York Times , talks telling stories with data in his aptly named presentation, "How I tried for years to find the perfect form for interactive graphics, how I failed, and why, whether a perfect form exists or not, I've stopped my desperate pursuit." He starts with finding a balance between statistical analysis and story, and then finishes with the kicker that visualization is a form of communication just like a movie or a book.
Shan Carter on data storytelling
As a resident at Eyebeam, Alexandar Chen visualizes the first Prelude from Bach’s Cello Suites : Using the mathematics behind string length and pitch, it came from a simple idea: what if all the notes were drawn as strings?
Bach Cello Suites visualized
The Best Data Visualization Projects of 2011
I almost didn't make a best-of list this year, but as I clicked through the year's post, it was hard not to.It was about five years ago when I got into visualization. Before I actually made anything, I read books and guides that made suggestions and preached a handful of design principles, but when it was time to make a data graphic for publication, I didn't know what I was doing.