Love: Watch As 300,000 Norwegians Move Across The Globe Like Ballistic Missiles | Co.Design: business + innovation + design

by Mark Wilson

Excerpt:

"World governments are chock full of public data. At best, it’s a messy pile of non-synthesized numbers available to the public. At worst, that “public” data is actually not so simple to obtain, and the numbers rot within stagnant databases.

Inspired by the advanced, micro-level visualizations at CERN, Even Westvang works in C++ to visualize public data. “We need to build an argument for why it’s important to release data,” Westvang writes us. “As I think running code and short films often carry an argument better than long-winded paragraphs (like this one) the conclusion is that we need compelling examples of the use of public data....”

via fastcodesign.com

Mark Wilson's full post is here:

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669052/watch-as-300000-norwegians-move-across-th...

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