5 March 2010 View Comments

6 Website for Information Visualization / Data Visualization


Many Eyes [FREE]

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Many Eyes is a bet on the power of human visual intelligence to find patterns. Jump right to our visualizations now, take a tour, or read on for a leisurely explanation of the project.

Tasty Data Goodies – Swivel [Not Free]

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Swivel is a website where people share reports of charts and numbers. Swivel is free for public data, and charges a monthly fee to people who want to use it in private. www.swivel.com

visualcomplexity.com | A visual exploration on mapping complex networks [Blog]

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VisualComplexity.com is a unified resource space for anyone interested in the visualization of complex networks. The project’s main goal is to leverage a critical understanding of different visualization methods, across a series of disciple. www.visualcomplexity.com

FlowingData | Data Visualization and Statistics [Blog]

LastHistory – Interactive Visualization of Last.fm Listening Histories and Personal Streams from Frederik Seiffert on Vimeo.

FlowingData explores how designers, statisticians, and computer scientists are using data to understand ourselves better – mainly through data visualization. Money spent, reps at the gym, time you waste, and personal information you enter online are all forms of data. How can we understand these data flows? Data visualization lets non-experts make sense of it all. www.flowingdata.com

information aesthetics – Information Visualization & Visual Communication [Blog]

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a weblog about data visualization, visual culture & information design, showing the most beautiful applications of information visualization.  Inspired by Lev Manovich’s definition of “information aesthetics”, this weblog explores the symbiotic relationship between creative design and the field of information visualization. More specifically, it collects projects that represent data or information in original or intriguing ways. Since its conception in December 2004, several other terms have been introduced within the academic world for similar phenomena, ranging from ‘Information Aesthetic Visualization‘ (PDF) over ‘Casual Information Visualization‘ (PDF) to ‘Artistic Data Visualization‘ (PDF).

Gapminder.org – For a fact based world view. [Blog]

Gapminder promotes a fact based world view by unveiling the beauty of statistics. Gapminder World, TED Talks and more.

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Gapminder is a non-profit venture promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by increased use and understanding of statistics and other information about social, economic and environmental development at local, national and global levels.

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