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A visualisation of change over time
The change concept of the Australian Curriculum: Geography can be brilliantly demonstrated by visualisation videos and Infographics showing change over time. Here are just a few.
* Visualisation of US expansion in North America from 1700 to 1900, seen through changes in the spatial distribution of post offices. The data from the USPS Postmaster Finder, with lat/long coordinates extracted from placenames through correlation with the USGS Geographic Names Information System.There is also an interactive version of this map. More can be found at blog.dwtkns.com/2011/posted/
Many twitter users reply to their friends' tweets. When both the original tweet and the reply include location data, we can show the connections. The result is a depiction of the replies spanning the globe during one day.
* Watch the world get older
The graph shows how, over the course of a century, Japan shifts from a nation where
children predominate to a nation of senior citizens.
* Watch the world get older
The graph shows how, over the course of a century, Japan shifts from a nation where
children predominate to a nation of senior citizens.
A very interesting infographic using words to show change of focus with Presidential speeches.
* Global Climate Change visualisation
A video data visualisation showing the change in temperature across the world over the last 200+ years. It is based on the data released by the UK's Met Office in Dec 2009.
