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so beautiful!

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HINT.FM / Can visualization tell never-before-told stories? find truths about color, memory, and sensuality?

This is the collaboration site of Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg. We invent new ways for people to think and talk about data.

As technologists we ask, Can visualization help people think collectively? Can visualization move beyond numbers into the realm of words and images?

As artists we seek the joy of revelation. Can visualization tell never-before-told stories? Can it uncover truths about color, memory, and sensuality?

via hint.fm

lovely work

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It's windy

On yet another stumbleupon rampage, I found this beautiful wind map (the developers note that it's best viewed on the latest Chrome browser). It was created by Hint.FM - otherwise known as Fernanda Viegas and martin Wattenberg. They're the heads of Google's "Big Picture" visualization research group. And visualize they did. They've taken data from the National Digital Forecast Database. They point out, "These are near-term forecasts, revised once per hour. So what you're seeing is a living portrait." What you get is a stunning big, windy picture of the contiguous 48. But stunning or not - the disclaimer might be my favorite, "Please do not use the map to fly a plane, sail a boat, or fight wildfires." Where am I going to get my wildfire fighting data now?!

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Wind Map by Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg

An invisible, ancient source of energy surrounds us—energy that powered the first explorations of the world, and that may be a key to the future. The wind map shows the delicate tracery of wind flowing over the US. The map was created in the cold winter months when wind was much on our minds. It conveys the movement of the air in the most basic way: with visual motion. As an artwork that reflects the real-world, its emotional meaning changes from day to day. On calm days it can be a soothing meditation on the environment; during hurricanes it can become ominous and frightening.

via Inhabitat.com

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THE WIND MAP

Une source invisible, d'énergie antique nous entoure -énergie qui a permis les premières explorations du monde et qui pourrait être une clé pour l'avenir. Cette carte vous montre le tracé délicat du vent coulant sur les US. Ce projet est à l'initiative de hint.fm, Fernanda Viégas et Martin Wattenberg ont pour habitude de retranscrire toute sorte de données scientifique pour qu'elles soient graphiquement visible. On pourrait imaginer que Van Gogh n'était pas loin de cette interprétation formelle du vent.

An invisible, ancient source of energy surrounds us—energy that powered the first explorations of the world, and that may be a key to the future. This map shows you the delicate tracery of wind flowing over the US. This project is the initiative of hint.fm, Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg use to retranscribe any scientific kind of data so that they are graphically visible. We could imagine that Van Gogh was not far from this formal interpretation of the wind.

http://hint.fm/wind/

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