Power of Data Visualization

Census of Marine Life Maps and Visualization. The Census of Marine Life is a global network of researchers in more than 80 nations engaged in a 10-year scientific initiative to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the oceans.  The world's first comprehensive census of the past, present, and future of life in the oceans is being released in 2010.

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via www.comlmaps.org

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Microsoft’s FUSE Labs latest project if focused on allowing users to get insight into Twitter real-time data, by providing a series of gadgets which are capable of enabling the dynamic visualization of information shared by the users of the social network in their tweets.

FUSE Labs SocialGadgets is now live and available for testing over at FUSE Labs, offering four gadgets (Tag Cloud, Timeline, Buzz, Comparison).

via fuse.microsoft.com

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Near Earth Objects (NEOs) is an infographic project made by Zachary Vabolis Graphics designer / illustrator from Mechanicsville, MD. The data is actual data gathered from NASA's public records. Displayed are known near earth objects greater than 1000 meters in diameter and the dates that they will come closest to earth.

NEOs are comets and asteroids that have been nudged by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets into orbits that allow them to enter the Earth's neighborhood. Composed mostly of water ice with embedded dust particles, comets originally formed in the cold outer planetary system while most of the rocky asteroids formed in the warmer inner solar system between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

by Zachary Vabolis

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Visualization of tourism networks

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Every year the U.S. economy loses $180 billion in productivity through staff coming to work sick. When an employee is unable to take a sick day, they risk infecting coworkers and customers, are inefficient and take longer to recover. This infographic show us today how paid sick days actually benefit employees and their families, employers, the economy and society at large and why it makes sense to make them mandatory.

via www.focus.com

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This guide is designed for anyone who is new to social media or looking to apply social media to their trade show or event marketing strategy. It provides an quick and interesting look at some of the most widely used tools and their application and effectiveness in today’s event world. Please enjoy and share your comments with us!

via echelondesigninc.com

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The World Map of Religions.

via lahistoriaconmapas.blogspot.com

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Successful investing can make you rich — or at the very least it is one step towards achieving your financial goals. But being a successful investor requires neither time-travel skills enabling you to purchase Google (GOOG) stock at $80 a pop, nor a crystal ball that will show you the next hot asset class. It simply requires knowledge and perseverance. To make investment choices that ultimately pay off, you need to start by knowing the fundamentals. First up: what is a stock?

via www.mint.com

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If you have a latest Nokia mobile phone there is hardly chance that you might have missed the Ovi Maps service, which gives you turn by turn navigation assistance at free of any cost. If you wanted to know more about the OVI Maps and how they are doing, check out this map.

via wiredcpu.com, blog.ovi.com

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The debt you carry is not simply made up of your monthly payments and interest rates. Many other factors should be considered when you think about the real cost of your debt, including your cash flow, the terms of your loan and your borrowing behavior. Do you know what it really costs when you finance your life?

via www.creditsesame.com

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