RAND Corporation’s A Million Random Digits displayed as color – thinking about making this into a rug.
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Map Distances
Geometrical Psychology
From B.W. Bett’s 1887 text “Geometrical Psychology” via Public Domain Review
Data Vis from Dante
Following a lot of recent circular posts, here is some early “data visualization” from 1793. The illustration is of from Danto’s Devina Commedia, designed by John Flaxman and engraved by Tommaso Piroli. The inscription, mis-transcibed on Wikipedia, reads “Of the High Light appeared to me three circles, Of three colors and continence“.
7-Way Venn Diagram
7-way Venn Diagram; via David McCandless
Temperature Changes On The Sun
Diagram from “Origin of Species”
A page from Darwin’s Origin of Species, via Wired.
Visualizations Overlaid on Photographs
While not particularly great as visualizations, these from PBS’ series America Revealed are interesting for the simple move of overlaying them on 3d photographs, giving them a surprisingly dimensional and realistic feel.
Via: Core77 (on a roll lately)
Wikipedia Visualization (eary version)
An early version of an interactive visualization of links in Wikipedia.
Recursive Rotation Error
