Newsmap

For all the news junkies out there, and for those of you interested in visualizations, check out newsmap if you haven’t seen it before.

  • Notice the legend in the lower right corner. Color = age.
  • The size of the area represents the number of sources.
  • Layout controls are in the lower right corner too. I think I prefer “standard” over “square”.
  • You can select countries across the top. Each country will get a proportional section of the page. Turn on US, NZ and Canada, and notice how different stories are variously prominent.
  • Archive controls are in the lower left. You can examine news from earlier in the day, or earlier in the week.