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	<title>Government Information &#187; Joy of Stats (documentary)</title>
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		<title>Four Interesting Data Visualization Sites</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Aug 2013 14:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gail Fithian</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[A Handsome Atlas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cool data visualization pages proliferate. Probably the most graphically stunning is A Handsome Atlas  from Brooklyn Brainery, with its colorful and imaginative visualizations of nineteenth century census data. Rich Blocks, Poor Blocks  takes data from the US Census Bureau&#8217;s 2007 through 2011 American Community Survey to map  income data on income and rent. Data can be displayed by street address, zip code, census [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cool data visualization pages proliferate.</p>
<p>Probably the most graphically stunning is <a title="A Handsome Atlas" href="http://www.handsomeatlas.com/">A Handsome Atlas</a>  from <a title="Brooklyn Brainery" href="http://brooklynbrainery.com/">Brooklyn Brainery</a>, with its colorful and imaginative visualizations of nineteenth century census data.</p>
<p><a title="Rich Blocks, Poor Blocks" href="http://www.richblockspoorblocks.com/">Rich Blocks, Poor Blocks</a>  takes data from the US Census Bureau&#8217;s 2007 through 2011 <a title="American Community Survey" href="http://www.census.gov/acs/www/">American Community Survey</a> to map  income data on income and rent. Data can be displayed by street address, zip code, census tract number, or city, and comparisons to state medians are also shown.</p>
<p><a title="Bostonography" href="http://bostonography.com/">Bostonography</a> was developed by two &#8220;cartography geeks&#8221;. It  includes maps on themes such as distances to liquor stores and Dunkin&#8217; Donuts locations.  The site is also attempting to define some of Boston&#8217;s disputed neighborhood boundaries by crowdsourcing  &#8220;collective definitions of Boston&#8217;s neighborhoods by its residents and those who know the city well.&#8221;</p>
<p><a title="Gapminder" href="http://www.gapminder.org/">Gapminder</a> bills itself as  &#8220;a non-profit venture – a modern “museum” on the Internet – promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.&#8221;  Its <a title="Gapminder data page" href="http://www.gapminder.org/data/">data page </a>contains visualizations on 513 socioeconomic indicators by country. The same data is also available to download to spreadsheets. The rest of the site is also worth checking out, particularly the <a title="Joy of Stats" href="http://www.gapminder.org/">Joy of Stats</a> documentary.</p>
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