ENTRIES TAGGED "visualization"

Visualization of the Week: Global BitTorrent usage

Visualization of the Week: Global BitTorrent usage

A 24-hour look at world-wide BitTorrent activity.

This week's visualization comes from BitTorrent, which has created a time-lapsed video showing a day's worth of geo-located logins.

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Visualization of the Week: 56 years of tornadoes

Visualization of the Week: 56 years of tornadoes

Data from NOAA is used to map the strength and paths of tornadoes.

John Nelson's visualization taps NOAA historical data to map tornado paths and strengths.

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Visualization of the Week: 30 years of tech IPOs

Visualization of the Week: 30 years of tech IPOs

How Facebook stacks up against other tech IPOs.

This week's visualization comes from The New York Times and compares the last 30 years of tech IPOs (hint: watch for the big blue dot).

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Strata Week: Visualizing a better life

Strata Week: Visualizing a better life

A visualization tool from the OECD, concerns about open data and research, and updates to Hadoop.

In this week's data news, a visualization tool charts your "better life," researchers have concerns about access to data, and updates to Hadoop.

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Visualization of the Week: Urban metabolism

Visualization of the Week: Urban metabolism

Visualizing cities' energy usage, population density, and material intensity.

This week's visualization is an interactive web-mapping tool that lets you explore energy usage, material intensity and the overall "urban metabolism" of major U.S. cities.

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Visualization of the Week: Avengers Assemble

Visualization of the Week: Avengers Assemble

Jer Thorp visualizes the history of "The Avengers."

In this week's visualization, The New York Times' data artist Jer Thorp visualizes the appearances of "The Avengers" in the comic book series.

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Visualization of the Week: The origins of English

Visualization of the Week: The origins of English

The etymology of the words in select articles and classic books.

In this week's visualization, Mike Kinde visualizes the etymology of the English words in various articles and books, including "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."

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Visualization of the Week: The living city

Visualization of the Week: The living city

Visualizing the urban flow of Geneva.

This week's visualization illustrates the paths people take through Geneva, based on the digital traces left by their mobile phones.

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Visualization of the Week: The history of shipping routes

Visualization of the Week: The history of shipping routes

A visualization of 100 years of trade by sea.

This week's visualization looks at over 100 years of sea trade, mapping the routes of the Spanish, Dutch, and British from 1750 onward.

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Visualization of the Week: Mapping the Titanic's passengers

Visualization of the Week: Mapping the Titanic's passengers

A look at class, geography and fatality rates of the Titanic's passengers.

This week's visualization maps the hometowns of the Titanic's passengers, showing class, geographic background, and fatalities.

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