Stunning Business Intelligence Visualizations… from 1870

FastCompany has a great article this week on the results of the 1870 census, and the hand-made graphics (“BI –2.0”?) that were made from the data (thanks to RadicalCartography.net and the Library of Congress). [NOTE -- the original version of this post erroneously said "1830" throughout] Here’s a selection of my favorites – click on each one to get the full graphic. US geology – the hand-shading is so much nicer to look at than computer-generated... [Read More...]