Very interesting maps showing the distribution of religions in the United States. Data from 2000 US census. (via flowingdata.com)

an animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to file-sharing, from arpanet to internet.

"The pinnacle of London Transport's modernist design", invented by an unemployed engineering draftsman, Harry Beck.

An interesting experiment in typography and displaying time.

The application displays a fixed list of all numbers and words sufficient to express any possible date and time as a sentence. Word Clock displays time by highlighting appropriate words as each second passes.

There are two display modes; Linear which is shown above and Rotary which has a nice relationship with traditional analogue clocks.

Cascade on Wheels is a visualization project that intends to express the quantity of cars we live with in big cities nowadays. The data set we worked on is the daily average of cars passing by streets, over a year. In this case, a section of the Madrid city center, during 2006.

trsp.net/cow

Cast: steph thirion

One day all this information will be automatically recorded for you (if its not already) Nicely designed report on this dudes life in 2007 (like number of alcoholic beverages consumed)

an interactive timeline showing the history of Great Britain. great example of data visualization

lots of different was to visually display information

utility that creates maps and profiles from GPS data (tracks and waypoints), street addresses, or simple coordinates. lots of great tools and links to GPS stuff