Edward Tufte’s day-long course on Data Visualization teaches that visualizing data allows audiences to interpret it at their own time and more quickly than through a simple verbal explanation. Â Accompanying text further enhances the visuals, providing detailed explanation complimenting the image, like this infographic depicting the history of political parties: Continue Reading →
Today’s MOTD runs into a theme we’ve seen here before, segregating countries by the types of cuisine that they are known for. This time the country is India and you can read more about the provided map @ www.spiritualjourneys.net.
Today’s MOTD comes to us from Well Home and is a great looking and well designed infographic about China’s energy use.
Today’s MOTDs are special not only because it is our 200th post but because it covers a topic that requires more awareness and action.
Submitted to me by a former colleague that now works with USAID, the 2010 UNAIDS Report (downloadable here) is full of powerful infographics reporting on the topic of AIDS and the subjects that contribute to the epidemic. The infographic above shows the breakup of men, women and children living with aids in sub-Saharan Africa and other marital demographics. The first infographic below is a matrix on government policies and actions pertaining to the AIDS epidemic. The last infographic shows the fiscal gaps between what is needed to combat the AIDS epidemic versus the size of the economy and government revenue.
There are many more infographics like these inside the report linked to above, so please download it and take a look at the other infographics, read an article or two and pass it along to a friend. If you are in a position to donate and would like to help this worthwhile cause, UNAIDS accepts donations @ http://www.unaids.org/en/Partnerships/Donors/donate_now.asp.
Today’s MOTD is another terrific infographic from Paul Horn and the Union-Tribune. It was done as an add for the San Diego Aerospace Museum and shows how to make one style of paper airplane.
Todays MOTD comes from Paul Horn of the Union Tribune and shows how Los Angeles retrofitted their highway to make it more earthquake resistant.
Today’s MOTD comes from the US Army Corps of Engineers and is a boaters reference for depths, lengths and connections of the various waterways that make up the great lakes.
Today’s MOTD was created by Enrique Tejero, a graduate from Vancouver Film School. The infographic explains how to change a tire and would be very useful to print out and slip in the trunk next to a jack in yours…or a loved ones, vehicle.
I created todays map of the day from the 5 most recent maps provided at the World Health Organization’s web site. The descriptions of the scale of measurments are shown in the bottom right corner of each map, denoted by an *.
You can follow their latest disease and outbreak news including the H1N1 feed, here.
Today’s MOTD is a true infographic and almost a supergraphic in terms of content. The focus is what happens when a pope dies; specifically, how the Papal election process works and where the decisions and ceremonies are made and take place.
Today’s MOTD comes as a result of doing some internal site research and seeing that MOTD #67 – Piggy Trouble is a Google number 1 hit for the term H1N1 Infographic. I posted that article more as a design piece than as to be used for reference material, as the sources are not sound.
In order to provide some better sourced information graphics about H1N1, I posted this graphic about antigenic shift, a concept that was foreign to me before. I hope to post some more educational minded H1N1 graphics in the future, so please continue to check our site.
For more information check out the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, where this article came from.
Today’s MOTD is one of the world’s oldest information graphics. While it is not a map written on paper, the Aztec Calendar, carved in stone, is a graphical representation of the Aztec year. Obviously, the images would not be clear without explanation, but they would have been understood by the Aztecs during their era.
Today’s MOTD comes to us from David J Carr’s wordpress blog. He cleaned up a graphic (Top) that was covered by Mike Arauz (Bottom) at his blog.
I think David’s rendition of the graphic adds a lot of high value content without overwhelming or confusing the reader. Sometimes when you try to make a simple chart more specialized, you tend to lose more in translation than you gain, but not with this example.
Analysis and improvement of graphic content and re-rendering visual elements to add value are two things that Maga strives to do in all of its endeavors.
Todays MOTD is a monster of an infographic from the May, 17th 2009 issue of Wired magazine. The graphic is exploring the relationships between games of all mediums.
To stay consistent with our site structure, I have provided the largest version of the image i could find, but the link to the original article, complete with a zoomable flash interface is here.
Today’s MOTD is an infographic about the mechanical ‘species’ that are found in the rainforest. Created by Oro Verde, The Rainforest Foundation, it is a clever and simple statement against rainforest destruction.
