Visual Complexity

VisualComplexity.com "intends to be a unified resource space for anyone interested in the visualization of complex networks. The project's main goal is to leverage a critical understanding of different visualization methods, across a series of disciplines, as diverse as Biology, Social Networks or the World Wide Web. I truly hope this space can inspire, motivate and enlighten any person doing research on this field."

This is a site one could spend hours in (and I did..). A few of my favorites:

Time Travel Tube Map
http://www.tom-carden.co.uk/p5/tube_map_travel_times/applet/
"Click on (or select, above) a station to see the London Underground map reorganise around the times of travel from that station. Shortest paths are used to place the other stations - radius is proportional to time to travel, and angle should be correct for as-the-crow-flies direction on a map. The concentric circles are at 10 minute intervals. Press 'g' to get back to the geographical tube map."


Time Graphs: Sunsets by time

"About 15000 photos tagged "sunset" taken within the last year. ...

Their horizontal positions represent the day of the year the photo was taken. January is on the left, December is on the right. The vertical bars are the boundaries between months.

The vertical position represents the time of day the photo was taken, according to the EXIF data. The horizontal lines are hours, with the thick line in the middle representing 12 noon.

The deepest "dip" in the wave formed by the images is the Summer Solstice." Jim Bumgardner
From http://www.flickr.com/photos/krazydad/sets/140323/

EarthQuake 3D


EarthQuake 3D is a simple and easy to use desktop display of the world's last 20 significant earthquakes. You can zoom and spin your way around the globe while viewing earthquakes in three dimensions. See at a glance up to seven days of global earthquake activity.
http://www.starfield-screen-saver.com/quake.html