Datamob: interfaces

Olympic Medal Count Map

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:24:38 -0500

Cartogram in which countries are circles sized according to the number of Olympic medals received. Use the slider to view results from past Olympics and click the 'by ranking' tab to sort countries into a list. By Lee Byron, Amanda Cox and Matthew Ericson for The New York Times.

url: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/04/sports/olympics/20080804_MEDALCOUNT_MAP.html

U.S. Presidential Polls Over Time

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:08:57 -0500

Visualization of state and national polls on the U.S. presidential race. Roll over individual data points for more detail. Data for each chart is available for download in tab-delimited text format. By Lee Byron, Chris Barnes and Henry Corrigan-Gibbs for The New York Times.

url: http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/whos-ahead/polling/index.html

Map of Wal-Mart Growth

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:00:39 -0500

Animation showing the growth of Wal-Mart stores in the United States. Created with Modest Maps. By Nathan Yau of Flowing Data.

url: http://projects.flowingdata.com/walmart/

San Francisco Walkability Map

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:09:59 -0500

Detailed map of the most walkable sections of San Francisco, CA, using data from Walk Score. Created with Processing. Scraping code available for download. By Lee Byron.

url: http://leebyron.com/how/2008/07/13/mapping-walkability-san-francisco/

Walk Score

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:52:21 -0500

Ranks U.S. addresses by walkability by means of Walk Scores. By Front Seat civic software.

url: http://www.walkscore.com/

TheMiddleClass.org

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:36:09 -0500

Searchable and browsable analysis of U.S. legislation based on potential impact on the middle class. Uses the Legislature module for Drupal by Neil Drumm. By the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (DMI).

url: http://themiddleclass.org/

Industry Browser

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:01:06 -0500

Browse industries according to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and view corresponding Freebase company data as filtered through Google Maps, New York Times Topics, related Wikipedia entries, Securities and Exchange Commission data and political campaign contribution data. By Toby Segaran.

url: http://kiwitobes.com/industry_mashup/

CrunchBase WordPress Plugin

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:57:46 -0500

Plugin for the WordPress weblog platform designed to enable easy insertion of CrunchBase company profiles into blog posts. By Vaibhav Gadodia.

url: http://blog.gadodia.net/crunchbase-api-wordpress-plugin/

CrunchBase Map

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:45:51 -0500

Explore CrunchBase's listing of technology companies by location.

url: http://www.crunchbase.com/maps

Presidential Campaign Spending and Its Beneficiaries

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:29:14 -0500

Interactive graphic showing the amount of money spent by 2008 presidential campaigns by category and company. By Lee Byron, Hannah Fairfield and Griff Palmer for The New York Times.

url: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/07/03/business/20080706_METRICS_GRAPHIC.html