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Great — and helpful — interaction between data and newspapers
April 5th, 2010 by analyticjournalism

 We have long been critical of newspapers' failure to marry data with real-time readers' interests.  Interests like finding a cab in New York City.  It's great to see the gang from the NYTimes doing some innovative mapping to truly present added-value to their product.

Tracking Taxi Flow Across the City

Information from millions of taxi trips provides a telling record of the city's vital signs. The map shows the average number of pickups for different times of the day and days of week, Jan. – March, 2009. comment icon Comments (41) | Related Article »



http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/04/02/nyregion/taxi-map.html


 


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