Power of Data Visualization

Soon after taking office in December 2006, President Felipe Calderón launched a military offensive against Mexico's drug cartels. Between then and the end of July 2010, 28,353 people were killed in fighting between state forces and the traffickers, and in turf battles between rival criminal groups

via www.guardian.co.uk
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The latest stats show exactly how many foreign-born citizens live in each country in Europe. See how they compare

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An artist named Nathalie Miebach has some unusual inspiration for the sculptures and music that she creates -- data from meteorological and astronomical instruments and ecological surveys.

Miebach likes to collect the data herself, spending hours and days in the field trying to understand complex, dynamic relationships between different variables in an environment. The key, she says, often isn't to examine the numbers on the instrument -- it's to observe the different things that are going on around you.

via www.wired.co.uk

An infographic of quick facts and party tips about every Bro's beloved autumn pastime: the kick-ass tailgate party.

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Here’s an in-depth look at the wildly popular Facebook game.

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This diagram from Wired’s September 2010 edition had special appeal. The family tree approach works well until it gets to the designer breeds of the past 20 years. Rather than chart an illegible tangle of crossing breed lines, the designers cut the Gordian knot and tucked the new breeds into the bottom right corner.

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Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September (September 6 in 2010). It is the 3rd most popular occasion to barbecue!

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Sixty-five percent of Americans say that religion is an important part of their daily lives. That is compared with just 30 percent of the French, 27 percent of the British and 24 percent of the Japanese.

Charles M. Blow from The New York Times used Gallup’s data to chart religiosity against gross domestic product per capita, and to group countries by their size and dominant religions. Spheres for each country are sized relative to their populations.

via www.nytimes.com

Despite the fact that dental health is so important, too many people in America lack dental coverage. This is a look at how many children have dental coverage, and how many adults choose to make sure their teeth are insured.

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Interactive work done by Graphic Design  Matteo Botto from Torino, Italy during semester abroad at the University of Canberra. He created an interactive project by visualizing the data of the global music sales per country in 2007.

The user can zoom and drag the map, show and hide the rulers, highlight the main features and by clicking on the objects the user can visualize the data. The data are: amount of sales, retail value, population, purchase value and purchase amount pro capita.

via www.ilgassa.com
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