Myriahedral projections of the earth, from computer scientist Jack van Wijk “use algorithms to ‘unfold’ and cut into the Earth’s surface in a way that minimises distortion, and keeps the distracting effect of cutting into the map to a minimum.
(via the always fascinating BLDGBLOG)
17th century Dutch information graphics designers tackle the Book of Genesis (via bibliodyssey)
The Eigenfactor Project and Moritz Stefaner collaborate in these interactive visualizations “based on Eigenfactor Metrics and hierarchical clustering to explore emerging patterns in citation networks.” Yeah… or in other words, this series of four visualizations - radial diagram, stacked, clustering, and network map - explore journal article citations.
via FlowingData
Accurate Pie Chart
This is what you’d get if you asked Mitch Hedberg for an information-graphic.
