Data Visualization

Here is a pair of resources to help with data visualization efforts. 

1) http://www.visualizing.org/ is ". . .  a community of creative people making sense of complex issues through data and design. . . and a shared space and free resource to help you achieve this goal."

One can (see http://www.visualizing.org/about) 

• Explore and discuss the best in data visualization and infographics created by the community 
• Share and embed visualizations using the Visualizing Player 
• Drive into complex issues with expert-curated galleries
• Upload, host, and showcase your work for a wide audience
• Find and discuss open data sets
• Enter challenges and participate in unique events
• Publicize and host your data sets through Visualizing.org
• Collect visualizations and discussion around your data by creating a Data Channel
• Gain exposure and insight by collaborating on challenges and events
• Engage your students in challenges and become eligible for marathons by becoming an Academic Partner
• Collect and share student projects in one place with galleries
• Organize examples and resources for teaching
• Explore and discuss the best in data visualization and infographics created by our community 

Most important and useful (to me, anyway) is http://www.visualizing.org/explore, which affords multiple ways for one to browse for and get inspired by great examples of visualizations. Browse by

• topic -- environment, economy, health, etc. 
• form -- chart, time series, map, etc. 
• tools -- Adobe CS, R, Spss, etc. 

2) http://flowingdata.com/ is less elaborate -- it is more an individual's pursuit; its creator, Nathan Yua, blogs about and collects good examples of data visualization -- and has more accessible tutorials. 

Update on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 05:00PM by williamgarrity

Just came across this: http://mashable.com/2013/03/05/data-visualization-projects/