Subscribe"Data Is the New Soil"
August 31, 2010 at 10:56 a.m.
... and we are just learning how to till it on the web.
David McCandless turns complex data sets (like worldwide military spending, media buzz, Facebook status updates) into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connections. Good design, he suggests, is the best way to navigate information glut -- and it may just change the way we see the world.
My favorite is the "mountains out of molehills" chart of unreasonable fears.
(via Flowing Data)
Mapmaking Update: ZeeMaps allows Google CSVs
August 3, 2009 at 5:30 p.m.
My post last week on simple ways for journalists to make maps seems to have done some good.
Pankaj K Garg, of ZeeMaps left a comment noting that after reading my post, he decided to add a long-desired feature to the application: direct CSV import from Google Docs:
Now, you can select Additions -> Upload CSV file and just click on "Use Google Spreadsheet" to upload your data from a Google Spreadsheet.
The requirements are: (1) the spreadsheet must be named ZeeMap-map-number, where map-number is the number for your map, and (2) you must allow zeemaps at gmail dot com view ...
How to make a map
July 25, 2009 at 2:57 p.m.
Note: I wrote this up to help out a few colleagues a few months ago, and I thought it might be useful to more people. It's aimed at regular, non-programmer journalists who may at some point need to throw a quick map alongside a story (or by itself, that's cool, too). Obviously, this is in no way comprehensive.
Also, this is a snapshot version of a document being maintained in Google Docs. Check here for the latest.
In all cases, start with a spreadsheet (preferably using Google Docs ). This will ultimately make your life easier, even if you ...
