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Entries Tagged as 'data'

Data Request Denied, Now Plan B

September 2nd, 2010 · 50 Comments · Government, Media, Technology, The Web

I had a nice conversation this afternoon with Marie Laderta, director of the state Department of Human Resources Development, in response to my request to secure the same data her office prepared for Civil Beat (and which Civil Beat hid behind its paywall). She was professional, articulate, and demonstrated that she understood the background and [...]

Beautiful Flight Patterns

November 10th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Hawaii, Technology, The Web

Data can be beautiful. UCLA designer, artist, and researcher Aaron Koblin took 24 hours’ worth of air traffic data from the FAA and created mesmerizing visualizations of otherwise everyday flight activity. You can check out Koblin’s collection of Flight Pattern” videos, or jump straight to a fantastic montage of several beautiful presentations (QuickTime). Hawaii figures [...]