Web apps - Free Geography Tools Via Slashgeo comes word that Nokia’s Ovi Maps now has a 3D browser-based plugin to compete with Google Earth’s browser plugin. Works in Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Internet Explorer, and supports Mac in addition to Windows for the first three. Terrain resolution is fantastic, IMO better than in Google Earth. The only imagery currently available in 3D mode is satellite imagery, and it also looks pretty good, slightly better than Google Earth for my area. Controls are adequate, but not as smooth as those for Google Earth. Left button for scrollRight button for tilt and rotate; odd reverse direction for tilt compared to Google Earth – you move the mouse forward to increase terrain tilt, and back to decrease it.Scroll wheel for zoom There are 3D building views available for a limited number of cities (e.g. And here’s a comparable view in OviMaps 3D, far superior: There’s also a button that brings you to Nokia’s 2D Ovi Maps; this one features map data from Navteq:
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Gapminder: Unveiling the beauty of statistics for a fact based world view. Existing tools and OII InteractiveVis approach | Interactive Visualizations From the beginning of this project, we have been keen to build upon the best of the existing tools and not “reinvent the wheel.” At the same time, however, we have set ourselves some unique parameters to allow the widest use of visualizations produced with the tools we develop. In particular, we want our visualizations to be native HTML5 visualizations, run as standalone / offline visualizations, work on tablets and other touch-screen interfaces. Parameters First, we wanted to use only native web technologies. More than just running in a web browser, however, these technologies power the newest, emerging ebook formats. Finally, and most importantly for this project, we want to simplify the process of creating these visualization by allowing the creation and customization of the visualization in a standard web browser. Existing tools and libraries All of the existing tools we know of lack at least one of the three parameters above. On the horizon
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Data Visualization Contest Nielsen launched a data visualization contest in the hope of further exploring the intersection of art and science—and we were amazed by the response, from downloads, to entries, from social media conversations and debates, to shares. For this contest, we made data available from State of the Media: Social Media Report (data from 2011) and Consumer Usage Report (data from 2011). The judges—Matt Anchin, SVP Global Communications; Ana Mackay-Sim, Global Creative Director; Eric Solomon, SVP Product Leadership; Evelina Simanonyte, Knowledge Manager Media And Advertising Analytics—found the entries to be diverse in their interpretation of the data and were impressed by the quality of the entries. They are pleased to announce the Judge’s Choice winner of the Nielsen Data Visualization Contest: Dustin Poh and his interpretation of "data showing the exponential growth in consumers’ thirst of media and social networking". For our selected Finalist entries, the final judge is you! Prizes