This is a useful way of preserving quality when creating the small images needed for zoomed out views in openzoom.
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A selection of our social bookmarks sorted by category which we believe to be of general interest. If you prefer to look at the complete list, they are available from Delicious.
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High quality, high performance thumbnails in Flash - Jacob Wright – Flex, AIR, PHP, etc.
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Human Life-Table Database
The Human Life-Table Database maintained by the Max Plank Institute, Rostok and others.
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Human Life-Table Database
UK England and Wales lifetables
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Improving data visualisation for the public sector
Case studies of improved data visualisations for public services in the UK
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Improving data visualisation for the public sector
Good data visualisation can help users explore and understand the patterns and trends in data, and also communicate that understanding to others to help them make robust decisions based on the data being presented. This site supports public sector researchers improve the way that they visualise data, by providing good practice examples and case studies, practical and step-by-step guides on how to visualise data, and links to more detailed resources.
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information aesthetics: infovis Archives
A collection of information visualizations
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IngentaConnect A simulation model for football championships
paper on a football league simulation model
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Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience Blog
Mostly geographical/geological/climate related stories. Published by Durham University Dept of Geography.
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James' Empty Blog: Probability, uncertainty, models and climate
discussion of Bayesian arguments at conference
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JuiceKit for Visual Analytics - JuiceKit™ SDK
A new Flex visualisation library that appears to incorporate Flare. JuiceKit™ is a Software Development Kit (SDK) for building Information Experience™ applications. JuiceKit integrates with Adobe Flex to create components that are easy to implement and aesthetically pleasing. JuiceKit components include controls, visualizations, and utility classes.
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Know Breast Cancer.Org : Tamoxifen
Includes Tamoxifen 10 year data
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LateX Equation Editor v2.5 Installation
PHP LaTeX maths rendering as a web service.
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Long-term use of cellular phones and brain tumours: increased risk associated with use for >=10 years -- Hardell et al. 64 (9): 626 -- Occupational and Environmental Medicine
article claiming increased cancer risk with long-term mobile phone use
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Main Page - ChanceWiki
2 Articles updated monthly on statistics in the news
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Mathagony Aunt
statistical education tools using ESP cards as game
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Mathematics and Crime (DS & Chris Budd) Harold Shipman
2 Videos
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Maths Online
lottery simulation sites in which you specify numbers and then see how they work
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Metropolitan Police Service - Crime mapping
Crime map of London: areas appear to be classified as high crime rate if they are more than 2 standard deviations above the mean. The 'help' does not make clear how this is done with different sized areas. This grading system would be expected to classify around the top 2.5% of areas as 'high crime'.
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Milestones in the History of Thematic Cartography, Statistical Graphics, and Data Visualization
wonderful resource - title speaks for itself
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Mondrian - Interactive Statistical Data Visualization in JAVA
A java visualisation library
