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Top 10 Iconic Data Graphics

26/07/2013

Photographers have created many iconic images, but Biostatistics professor Roger Peng recently asked “What are the iconic data (...)
Photographers have created many images, but Biostatistics professor Roger Peng recently asked “What are the data graphs of the past 10 years?” FastCoLabs called in Andy Kirk of Visualising Data, Robert Kosara of Eager Eyes and Matt Stiles, the data editor of NPR, to help answer that question. You can see their selections in the slideshow above. The first three data graphics -- WindMap, GapMinder and the Ebb and Flow Streamgraph -- were selected by multiple members of our panel. Reflecting the controversial nature of such a list, each of the remaining graphics were chosen as by a single panelist. Wind Map Wind Map is an art project created by Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg. It makes the invisible visible using near-term wind speed forecast data from the National Digital Forecast database, which is updated hourly.Read Full Story    
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