Comments on: Four Infographic Morsels 2

By: Colm

Colm — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:40:59 +0000

I’d love to see a heatmap of race related crime incidents overlayed on you BNP / ethnic group membership maps

By: Nigel8

Nigel8 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:55:49 +0000

Um… what’s the source for these casualty numbers? No data source is given, and exact H1N1 case numbers from around the globe are extremely questionable and quite uncertain at this juncture.

And when is the exact starting and end date of these “300 days”? No clarifying reference information is offered, whether for H1N1 or any other disease. Without that to check against, this graph is useless.

This new CDC report (via Washington Post) gives a more specified — if not as visually snazzy — perspective on the current state of H1N1, at least in the U.S.: http://tinyurl.com/yh99qf7

What makes H1N1 news is not necessarily its death toll, but rather its unusual strain and extreme transferability.

As for the graphic… nice aesthetics, weak specifics. Overall: spurious.

By: christmas shopping

christmas shopping — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:28:11 +0000

Why the bubbles when bars would work just as well and not introduce visual ambiguity due to the old diameter/volume issue that all bubble charts are subject to? Sighâ€¦.

By: gifts for men

gifts for men — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:36:23 +0000

Good stuff… The death chart is quite telling and why I hate the media. Not even 6,000 deaths vs. over 2.7 million deaths by HIV, yet the pig virus gets all the press.

By: Speed dating London

Speed dating London — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:24:26 +0000

Iâ€™d be curious regarding the statistic of number of soldiers in Afghanistan from each country, to see a graphic comparison of number of soldiers in relation to the population size of the country, and/or GDP, etc.