This visualization looks back at the 112 year history of the games, which were first held in the city of Athens in 1896. His visualization tries to convey their evolution and to provide an overview of the participating nations, the medals they won and the sports they were most successful in. Here’s how Christian experienced his work on the challenge, what obstacles he had to overcome and what he has learned by doing so.
Fuente: datavisualization.ch
The Olympics are over. The medals have all been won. The ceremonies have all been held. The tweets have all been tweeted.
Fuente: blog.sysomos.com
James Cheshire, a geography lecturer at the University College London, mapped common surnames in London.
Fuente: names.mappinglondon.co.uk
We saw more than 150 million Tweets about the Olympics over the past 16 days. Let’s take a look at some of the big trends within that massive conversation.
The Summer Olympics kindle some serious national pride. But can the world’s biggest sporting event get tweeters in the United States feeling as pro-’Merica as the 4th of July does? Almost — but not quite — according to the social media analytics firm Topsy.
Fuente: Mashable
An underwater view of the London Olympics swimming pool.
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