Warrington is located between Liverpool and Manchester and is home to more than 197,800 people who live in around 85,000 households. It was designated a New Town in the 1960s and has grown rapidly over the years. Warrington has one of the biggest gaps between rich and poor in the country with affluent commuter belt [...]
About Archives Contact Forums Projects Follow by : RSS Email Twitter Facebook The beauty of data visualization Aug 30, 2010 to Visualization Post on Twitter Connoisseur of scaled rounded rectangles bubbles and triangles David McCandless of Information is Beautiful talks data visualization in recently posted TED talk below He explains how information design can help us get through information glut on the Web and how simple charts can show patterns that we never would have seen otherwise . He uses his own works and collaborations as . evidence Right around the 8-minute mark , David makes an interesting point about learning design . He explains that he started as a programmer , and then was a writer for about twenty years , but only recently started designing . He picked up the skills on his
What would it mean when an electronic device knows more about your partners state than you do? Or can predict an incoming bout of misery through statistical analysis of accumulated data? When can technology become too invasive?
New York Mapping by Mark Edward Campos investigates the context around a site. It helps to understand the goings on, in a 24-hour timeframe of an area in New York City.
Polymaps is a free, open-source JavaScript library for making dynamic, interactive maps. It is the result of a collaboration between Stamen Design and SimpleGeo.
London, England, 12th August 2010 Geowise data visualization software InstantAtlas is now being used by one of the UK’s leading business-to-business publishers to explain trends in healthcare and local government services. Health Service Journal (HSJ) and Local Government Chronicle (LGC) are both using InstantAtlas stand-alone, dynamic reports to help their readers understand regional and local [...]
NHS Halton and St Helens Using data visualisation to address health inequalities Background Halton and St Helens primary care trust (PCT) was established in October 2006, replacing Halton PCT and St Helens PCT. The organisation matches the boundaries of Halton Borough Council and St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council. The PCT provides NHS services in the [...]