• Infovis lecture at HfK Bremen

    Updated: 2011-07-25 22:58:29
    This semester, I held a lecture on Information Visualization at HfK Bremen. For the final projects, the theme was “mapping you, mapping me”. The idea was to generate data sets of personal relevance, and visualize them adequately. Check out the student projects here: http://infovis-hfkb.tumblr.com/

  • Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, UK (CIPFA) | Case Study

    Updated: 2011-07-25 15:28:30
    The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), is the professional body for people in public finance. It has 14,000 members working throughout public services, national audit agencies, major accountancy firms and other bodies where public money needs to be effectively and efficiently managed. Chris Greene is Head of Information Services at CIPFA. Part [...]

  • INCAP – ‘How data presentation is helping health ministers in Central America target intervention programmes’

    Updated: 2011-07-20 15:40:07
    Background The Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP) was founded in 1949. Its mission is to support the Ministries of Health of the Central American isthmus states and the Dominican Republic in the areas of food and nutrition security,and ultimately help improve nutritional status through evidence based-interventions in each local population. INCAP’s [...]

  • Got a great idea for a new component or improved functionality for InstantAtlas? Feature Request it!

    Updated: 2011-07-19 16:34:09
    InstantAtlas is packed full of features that enable sophisticated yet user-friendly configurations and presentations of mapped data. However, occasionally we receive questions from our customers about features or functions of InstantAtlas that do not quite meet their specific requirements. It’s in these cases that our customers find themselves in a unique position of power – [...]

  • The Visualizing Player

    Updated: 2011-07-19 00:08:56
    Visualizing.org launched their brand new Visualizing Player, a terrific tool for embedding interactive and static data visualizations.

  • In Graphics Issue 2

    Updated: 2011-07-18 08:03:00
    The Berlin-based design studio Golden Section Graphics recently released their second edition of IN GRAPHICS. The magazine explores visually 9/11, the Berlin Wall, Fukushima and a wide range of other topics.

  • When Does Crime Happen?

    Updated: 2011-07-13 05:00:50
    Joe Golike and Sha Hwang of Trulia take a deeper look at when crime typically happens throughout the day in 25 big cities across the United States.

  • TenderNoise

    Updated: 2011-07-07 07:06:09
    Did you know that noise complaints are the no. 1 quality-of-life issue for city residents? The folks over at Movity.com tackle this issue with the TenderNoise project.

  • All-Island Regional Research Observatory (AIRO)

    Updated: 2011-07-06 11:26:43
    Background Ireland’s All-Island Regional Research Observatory (AIRO) was initially established as a pilot project with the guidance and lead of the National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA) and the National Centre for Geo-Computation (NCG) based in the National University of Ireland Maynooth. The initial aim of the project was to provide reliable information [...]

  • Child and Maternal Health Observatory, UK

    Updated: 2011-07-04 14:50:49
    Background The Child and Maternal Health Observatory (ChiMat) is a national Public Health Observatory established to provide wide-ranging, authoritative data, evidence and practice related to children’s, young people’s and maternal health. This specialist observatory is part of the Yorkshire and Humber Public Health Observatory (YHPHO) David Wells, Deputy Director and Local Network Lead, ChiMat says [...]

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