Power of Data Visualization

Cart is a computer software  for creating density-equalizing maps or "cartograms" using the technique described in the recent paper Diffusion-based method for producing density equalizing maps.

Cart is an open source program. If you wish to run the complete program "cart" to make cartograms from your own data, you can compile the source code as provided. For this you'll need a C compiler, such as Visual C++ or GCC.

To download the software, click here.

For documentation on how to use the software, click here.

via http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/cart/

Examples of cartograms created using this software

A fairly serious new study — one that actually contains the words "booty call" in its title — breaks down what's missing in your sex life, and how to compromise.

via www.esquire.com

What's so special about the human brain? It turns out that we're no better endowed between the ears than you would expect for a primate of our size

via  www.newscientist.com

Today nearly everyone knows eBay. The giant hub of buying and selling on the internet is ubiquitous, appearing in everything from google searches to forum posts. From its birth to its current domination of the collectable and tading markets, the story of eBay is fascinating!

This infographic shows, the growth of eBay has been truly phenomenal (with the possible negative side effect of the political career of one Meg Whitman). eBay enjoys estimated annual sales of $60 billion, with 89.5 million "active" users, enough so that the site would rate as the 13th largest country in the world. Also, who knew what the first sale was?

via www.huffingtonpost.com

In times of great uncertainty and fear people want to invest in something that they can physically store and transport.

Here is a graphic look at some potentially troublesome sectors.

via www.focus.com

Ibraheem Youssef's re-imagined "Inception" poster explains the brain-scrambling concept in a surprisingly succinct way. Brain-mazes inside of brain-mazes. What's there not to get?

via ibraheemyoussef.com

Heart disease effects millions of Americans each year, yet it is highly preventable.

via blog.infographicworld.com

A comprehensive time-line of Internet search engines.

via www.wordstream.com

The past couple of years have been a financial nightmare for millions of Americans who have lost their jobs or homes (or both) and are struggling under mounting debt. But the reality is that for a segment of the population — those who work for minimum wage — even the boom years that preceded the crash have probably not been much easier.

via www.mint.com

The average student debt for public universities is around $20,000 and $28,000 for private universities. Shocking. Not surprisingly, dependent students that rely on their parent’s income are borrowing about $2,000 less in loans than those students who are independent from their parents.

via degreesearch.org