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  An MBTA bus-iness day

  You know by now that real-time bus location data are available for the MBTA via NextBus. It’s very handy for riders, of course, but for cartographers it’s also something else: a gold mine of mappable data. We’re working on doing something interesting with bus data, but above is a map to start. Click it or [...]

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  City Data Sensing

  Las auténticas ciudades inteligentes no dependen de la tecnología, sino de las conexiones entre sus neuronas que son las personas (ciudadanos y agentes de gestión). Serán realmente “inteligentes” si siguen funcionando y adaptándose… aunque las desenchufemos. Comprender las dinámicas que dan forma a nuestras ciudades es una tarea compleja por el cumulo de interacciones no [...]

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  7 billion and growing

  As the world population grows, its demographic makeup continues to change. In developed nations, longer life expectancy and lower fertility rates have already resulted in aging populations. Developing countries are expected to follow this trend over the next forty years as access to advanced healthcare, contraception and education increases. Though decreased birthrates may aid in [...]

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  Our world in ecological debt

  This visualization compares each country’s total consumption Footprint with the biocapacity available within its own borders. Live Demo: click here Note: Move mouse over to display information. via chartsbin.com

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  Nuts and Bolts of Chart Types

  The infographic below provides a quick list of the types of charts that are available for analysts/marketers out there. I do not intend to provide a comprehensive list, neither an accurate explanation of each (you will note!) But I do provide a ‘tell me which graphs you use and I will tell you who you are’ cheat sheet where I describe some of the personality types of people using different charts.

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• 200 years that changed the world (with Hans Rosling)

  For the first time, Gapminder can now visualize change in life expectancy and income per person over the last two centuries. In this Gapminder video, Hans Rosling shows you how all the countries of the world have developed since 1809 – 200 years ago. The interactive animations and corresponding documentation are freely available at www.gapminder.org/world. [...]

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