The Poverty Jet Set » data http://thepovertyjetset.com Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:08:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Fun with Info Graphics http://thepovertyjetset.com/2009/06/02/fun-with-info-graphics/ http://thepovertyjetset.com/2009/06/02/fun-with-info-graphics/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:39:10 +0000 Mark http://thepovertyjetset.com/?p=1516 I love visualizing data and other neat stuff (yes, I’m a nerd). Here are two cool things I’ve come across recently. Click on the images to see them full sized.

First, the Eisenhower Interstate Highway System in mass transit map style:

interstate

Update: Jackson West at Laughing Squid found the artist behind the map:

Boulder, CO artist Chris Yates created an abstract, London Tube-style map of Dwight Eisenhower’s Interstate highway system which you can buy as a print for $12 plus shipping.

(via Notcot, Amy Kathryn)

And then, sorta related – a graphic estimating how many years we’d have left on this planet given that we continue to consume resources at the rate we do today:

sustainability

(via Caitlin Hill)

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