# The visual display of quantitative information

**URL:** <https://fixed.org.au/t/the-visual-display-of-quantitative-information/57811>\
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**Created:** [July 10, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/the-visual-display-of-quantitative-information/57811 "2012-07-10T02:57:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![SanEsteban](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/sanesteban/32/136_2.png) [@SanEsteban](https://fixed.org.au/u/SanEsteban)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/the-visual-display-of-quantitative-information/57811/1 "2012-07-10T02:57:00Z")

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I like clever graphics. Who doesn’t. Post them here. I’ll start of with a bicycle related one:

![](http://cyclebucket.com/images/spaceneede.jpg)

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**Author:** ![system](https://fixed.org.au/uploads/default/original/2X/a/aa2ad6da781f23ba9f77a46c6fd6d05b415d278a.png) [@system](https://fixed.org.au/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/the-visual-display-of-quantitative-information/57811/2 "2012-07-10T03:37:28Z")

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We’re the fuck is it…? Or is it not iPad compatible?

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**Author:** ![spirito](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/spirito/32/260_2.png) [@spirito](https://fixed.org.au/u/spirito)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/the-visual-display-of-quantitative-information/57811/3 "2012-07-10T04:20:07Z")

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Perhaps not very clever but I like this a lot.

![](http://www.cyclebucket.com/images/tumblrlwm4.jpg)

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**Author:** ![SanEsteban](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/sanesteban/32/136_2.png) [@SanEsteban](https://fixed.org.au/u/SanEsteban)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 4:56am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/the-visual-display-of-quantitative-information/57811/4 "2012-07-10T04:56:27Z")

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> [@spirito](#):
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> Perhaps not very clever but I like this a lot.

Yeah it’s good!

On the OP I think they’ve done themselves a bit of a disservice by zooming in on the car photo to make it look like they take up even more of the road, but it still gets the point across, albeit inaccurately.

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**Author:** ![SanEsteban](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/sanesteban/32/136_2.png) [@SanEsteban](https://fixed.org.au/u/SanEsteban)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/the-visual-display-of-quantitative-information/57811/5 "2012-07-10T16:32:27Z")

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[The Scale of the Universe 2](http://htwins.net/scale2/)

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**Author:** ![P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/p_n20/32/177_2.png) [@P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/u/P_N20)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/the-visual-display-of-quantitative-information/57811/6 "2012-07-10T16:52:55Z")

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That Freddie Merckx graphic reminds me of this:

[![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ms-OUxMBQs0/TLJw84o0vgI/AAAAAAAAA84/K1lJ1zc2XBo/s1600/ts-cher3.gif)](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ms-OUxMBQs0/TLJw84o0vgI/AAAAAAAAA84/K1lJ1zc2XBo/s1600/ts-cher3.gif)

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**Author:** ![P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/p_n20/32/177_2.png) [@P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/u/P_N20)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/the-visual-display-of-quantitative-information/57811/7 "2012-07-10T16:54:09Z")

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The OP image/graphic is a broken link for me…

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**Author:** ![SanEsteban](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/sanesteban/32/136_2.png) [@SanEsteban](https://fixed.org.au/u/SanEsteban)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/the-visual-display-of-quantitative-information/57811/8 "2012-07-10T17:06:33Z")

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> [@P\_N20](#):
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> The OP image/graphic is a broken link for me…

Should be fixed.

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**Author:** ![horatio](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/horatio/32/42_2.png) [@horatio](https://fixed.org.au/u/horatio)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/the-visual-display-of-quantitative-information/57811/9 "2012-07-10T17:11:41Z")

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> [@spirito](#):
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> Perhaps not very clever but I like this a lot.
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> ![](http://www.cyclebucket.com/images/tumblrlwm4.jpg)

So good!

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**Author:** ![antmandan](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/antmandan/32/115_2.png) [@antmandan](https://fixed.org.au/u/antmandan)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/the-visual-display-of-quantitative-information/57811/10 "2012-07-10T21:08:52Z")

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![](http://flowingdata.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Pulp-Fiction-in-chronological-order-954x1271.jpg)

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**Author:** ![SanEsteban](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/sanesteban/32/136_2.png) [@SanEsteban](https://fixed.org.au/u/SanEsteban)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/the-visual-display-of-quantitative-information/57811/11 "2012-07-10T21:33:10Z")

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Click [[u]here[/u]](http://www.perceptualedge.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/largest-bankruptcies-infographic.jpg) for full size.[![](http://cyclebucket.com/images/largestban.jpg)](http://cyclebucket.com/images/largestban.jpg)

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**Author:** ![SanEsteban](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/sanesteban/32/136_2.png) [@SanEsteban](https://fixed.org.au/u/SanEsteban)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/the-visual-display-of-quantitative-information/57811/12 "2012-07-10T21:37:32Z")

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![](http://www.mint.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/MNT-COFFEE-GLOBAL-R2.jpg)

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**Author:** ![SanEsteban](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/sanesteban/32/136_2.png) [@SanEsteban](https://fixed.org.au/u/SanEsteban)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/the-visual-display-of-quantitative-information/57811/13 "2012-07-10T21:43:26Z")

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[![](http://cyclebucket.com/images/transparen.jpg)](http://cyclebucket.com/images/transparen.jpg)

Full size [[u]here[/u]](http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/1005/drugged-culture/flat.html).

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**Author:** ![SanEsteban](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/sanesteban/32/136_2.png) [@SanEsteban](https://fixed.org.au/u/SanEsteban)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/the-visual-display-of-quantitative-information/57811/14 "2012-07-10T22:10:54Z")

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Good match for the OP:

![](http://bikeportland.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/infographic.jpg)

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**Author:** ![SanEsteban](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/sanesteban/32/136_2.png) [@SanEsteban](https://fixed.org.au/u/SanEsteban)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/the-visual-display-of-quantitative-information/57811/15 "2012-07-10T22:11:57Z")

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![](http://grist.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/ic_city_graph_large.jpg)

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**Author:** ![MikeD](https://fixed.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@MikeD](https://fixed.org.au/u/MikeD)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/the-visual-display-of-quantitative-information/57811/16 "2012-07-10T22:25:46Z")

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you must be into [informationisbeautiful.net](http://informationisbeautiful.net) I assume?

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**Author:** ![hotdoghorny](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/hotdoghorny/32/33_2.png) [@hotdoghorny](https://fixed.org.au/u/hotdoghorny)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/the-visual-display-of-quantitative-information/57811/17 "2012-07-10T22:28:20Z")

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tatsy data swivels used to be good but i think they’ve disappared.

[Fast Analytics and Rapid-fire Business Intelligence from Tableau Software | Tableau Software](http://www.tableausoftware.com/) is good, if you do this sort of thing for a living.

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**Author:** ![bergs](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/bergs/32/511_2.png) [@bergs](https://fixed.org.au/u/bergs)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/the-visual-display-of-quantitative-information/57811/18 "2012-07-10T23:41:46Z")

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> [@mckenny](#):
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> tatsy data swivels used to be good but i think they’ve disappared.
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> [Fast Analytics and Rapid-fire Business Intelligence from Tableau Software | Tableau Software](http://www.tableausoftware.com/) is good, if you do this sort of thing for a living.

We are investigating Tableau atm, looking promising so far. Mainly for dashboarding though…

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**Author:** ![hotdoghorny](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/hotdoghorny/32/33_2.png) [@hotdoghorny](https://fixed.org.au/u/hotdoghorny)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 12:12am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/the-visual-display-of-quantitative-information/57811/19 "2012-07-11T00:12:04Z")

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yea, it’s really good for dashboard stuff

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**Author:** ![chazhutton](https://fixed.org.au/user_avatar/fixed.org.au/chazhutton/32/196_2.png) [@chazhutton](https://fixed.org.au/u/chazhutton)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/the-visual-display-of-quantitative-information/57811/20 "2012-07-11T00:19:27Z")

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> [@antmandan](#):
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> ![](http://flowingdata.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Pulp-Fiction-in-chronological-order-954x1271.jpg)

That is awesome. Inception has some good infographics too…  
 ![](http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/241/7/d/inception_infographic_by_neilmakesart-d2x5vou.png)

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