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3D London maps, overlaid with air quality data

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Air quality data mapped across London for key pollutants. StreetView style visualisation of data at building level (3D).
Average rating: 8.2 (6 votes)

Categorical scatterplot

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Relationship between non-white population and level of deprivation (with different symbols for city types).
Average rating: 8 (2 votes)

Commuter View

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CommuterView is a highly interactive tool which shows flows of commuters based on 2001 Census data (example below). By selecting an area (local authority) of interest within the UK, the major flows of commutes within the area can be seen by moving the mouse. Patterns of flows and major areas of employment are clearly revealed.
Average rating: 8.2 (8 votes)

Emission Map

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Emissions map of Carbon Monoxide per square kilometre.
Average rating: 9 (2 votes)

Geo-spider

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Income levels of geo-demographic clusters.
Average rating: 7.1 (7 votes)

Geographic cluster analysis

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This chart is designed to aid the interpretation of the results of a cluster analysis, a statistical technique used to discover the underlying structure of a set of observations. The data set contains dummy variables.
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Google map integration

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Google map generated by MySociety's <a href="http://www.groupsnearyou.com/" target="_blank">http://www.groupsnearyou.com/</a> to show areas covered by various groups within a local vicinity.
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Interactive cartogram

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Local Council election results 1974 to 2008.
Average rating: 4.5 (2 votes)

Interactive map with detailed description

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Interactive Map enabling users to identify services and rank areas by decile (thematic mapping). Map contains significant description of variables used.
Average rating: 4.8 (4 votes)

Layered map

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Map of London to OAC, from Maptube.
Average rating: 6.2 (5 votes)

Mosaic plot

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This type of plot is used to visualise contingency tables by proportionally representing the size of the cells. It can also be used to visualise the fit of the log-linear model technique. The example shows a three dimensional table with data of hair, eye colour and gender in 592 statistics students.
Average rating: 3.3 (3 votes)

Personicx-Geo Interactive Spider

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Geodemographic clusters and average age band. Also provides background information on the cluster.
Average rating: 5.4 (5 votes)

Postcoded geodemographic map with OS background

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Mosaic profile at postcode level of St Leonards ward in Exeter.
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Report a fault

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Interactive map to report faults in services provided by a council.
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Sensory deprivation map

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Sensory map created by depriving people of sight and sound, and having them walk through an area while notes are taken on what they experience.
Average rating: 2 (3 votes)

Smooth statistical map

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Retail activity in London.
Average rating: 2 (1 votes)

SMS activity video

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SMS activity in Amsterdam over New Year's Eve.
Average rating: 7 (1 votes)

Travel time cross-reference map (interactive)

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Map showing areas within a chosen travel time from Department for Transport, and with median house price between chosen criteria.
Average rating: 6.7 (5 votes)

Travel time map (static)

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Map of London showing travel time from various locations to Department of Transport, Pimlico.
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University collaboration map

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Framework Programme 6 R&D collaborations between European universities that cooperate in more than ten research projects.
Average rating: 4 (1 votes)