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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Vision of Humanity offers beautiful infographics on the state of the planet

Vision of Humanity offers beautiful infographics on the state of the planet

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Vision of Humanity is one of the most beautiful and thorough visualizations that I have recently seen.

It's a zoomable Flash world map, which lets you browse and compare a vast number of "peace indicators," such as level of violent crime, access to weapons, jailed population, relations with neighboring countries, and more.

You view a world heat map, which shows where that index is most prevalent. You can zoom in on a specific country and browse through all of its indicators, and you can compare two or more countries.

The site takes all of these indicators and derives a single number, which it calls the "peace index." At a glance, you can basically see which countries are the most peaceful and which ones rank worst on the list.

Go there...
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/08/31/vision-of-humanity-offers-beautiful-infographics-on-the-state-of/

Don

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