Social media, crisis mapping and the new frontier in disaster response
During a crisis the large amounts of crowd-sourced data produced can be overwhelming to analyze. Read more.
Big data
Death Toll Comparison Visualization
An interesting infographic illustrating human death tolls of significant events worldwide through time.
Where’s George mapping of currency tracking
Using the Where’s George site that tracks dollar bills, a theoretical physicist maps more realistic, “effective” state boundaries. Read more at the original post and at the NPR Krulwich Wonders blog.