Maps

Data Visualization Tools and Resources Google Maps http://maps.google.ca/ Zee Maps http://www.zeemaps.com/ Wayfaring http://www.wayfaring.com/ Mapbuilder http://www.mapbuilder.net/ Geocommons http://geocommons.com/ InstantAtlas (paid, free trial) http://www.instantatlas.com/

Timelines Dipity http://www.dipity.com/ Xtimeline http://www.xtimeline.com/ Infographics Wordle http://www.wordle.net/ Narabe http://narabe.com/ Many Eyes http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/ Swivel http://www.swivel.com/ Google Spreadsheets/chart display help http://docs.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=15115 Lovely Charts http://www.lovelycharts.com/ 1

 Newspaper Data Sites Guardian Data Store http://www.guardian.co.uk/data-store Times Lab Blog http://labs.timesonline.co.uk/blog/ NYT Visualization Lab http://vizlab.nytimes.com/ Roanoke Times Datasphere http://www.roanoke.com/datasphere/wb/xp-index Finding Data Numbary http://numbrary.com/ Infochimps http://infochimps.org/ Google Tables http://tables.googlelabs.home The Info http://theinfo.org/ Guardian Data Store http://www.guardian.co.uk/data-store Niles: Finding Data on the Internet http://www.robertniles.com/data/ Finding Canadian Statistics http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/other/findcans.htm 2

Verifiable http://verifiable.com/welcome Factual http://www.factual.com/ Juice Analytics Chart Chooser http://www.juiceanalytics.com/chartchooser/ Google Public Data Explorer http://www.google.com/publicdata/home

 Examples (not all from media outlets just for inspiration) Slatest http://slatest.slate.com The Dumpster http://artport.whitney.org/commissions/thedumpster/ BBC News Map: Italian Earthquake http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7986352.stm NYT - NYC Homicides Map (Google Maps) http://projects.nytimes.com/crime/homicides/map LAT LA Homicide Map (Google Maps) http://projects.latimes.com/homicide-report/map/ Newsmap http://newsmap.jp/ NYT Interactive Wealth Calculator http://www.nytimes.com/ref/magazine/20070610_WEALTH_GRAPHIC.htm l?_r=2 Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Broken Trust http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?CATEGORY=MULTIM EDIA0202 Fixing DCs Schools http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- srv/metro/interactives/dcschools/scorecard.html Fox News Pie Chart (Bad Example) http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/26/fox-news-makes-the-best-pie-chart- ever/ Risks Interconnection Map http://www.weforum.org/documents/riskbrowser2010/risks/# Slate.com Opinion Space http://www.state.gov/opinionspace/ We Feel Fine http://wefeelfine.org 3