All the news that fits the screen
A very sharp, satisfying display of information:
newsmap. (Thanks to Rori for the link.)
Newsmap is an application that visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the Google News news aggregator. A treemap visualization algorithm helps display the enormous amount of information gathered by the aggregator. Treemaps are traditionally space-constrained visualizations of information. Newsmap's objective takes that goal a step further and provides a tool to divide information into quickly recognizable bands which, when presented together, reveal underlying patterns in news reporting across cultures and within news segments in constant change around the globe.
Newsmap does not pretend to replace the googlenews aggregator. It's objective is to simply demonstrate visually the relationships between data and the unseen patterns in news media. It is not thought to display an unbiased view of the news, on the contrary it is thought to ironically accentuate the bias of it.
Of course, it's really hard to read, but gosh is it fun to look at without focusing. It's a lot like
SpaceMonger, a freeware utility that shows your hard drive in visual blocks. It's very handy when using a certain operating system that won't show you folder sizes.
* Ray, 5/10/2004 09:55:37 AM
