Well worth checking out for the UK

Visualising Census data in a very smooth way at PARALLEL mapping...
A 3D view option too - here's population density in London.

Our World in Data

This website explores the world of data that are out there...

It includes a range of data sets and ideas for how to use them.
There are 5 'visual histories' too, which are data-rich presentations.

The site has been developed by Max Roser, and comes highly recommended...

Beautiful Data

One focus for the I-USE project is the way that data is visualised. There is an exhibition which those who are in London before May 2014 may be interested in.

It's an exhibition at the British Library, which explores some of the key examples of data visualisation, from the early days of the 'craft'.
Here's William Farr's visualisation of mortality and temperature in London as a result of cholera as he tried to work out the source of the outbreak. John Snow's famous map is in the exhibition as well as early work by Florence Nightingale...
A fascinating reminder that data visualisation and the importance of statistical literacy is nothing new!

Information Geographies

Some awesome data visualisation work from the Oxford Information Geographies website.
Take a look...

Hans Rosling on BBC2

For those readers in the UK (or within the area that can be reached by BBC transmitters), a new programme featuring the guru of statisticians Professor Hans Rosling is shown tonight.

It's called 'Don't Panic: the truth about Population' - here's a snippet on YouTube



And take the Guardian's Population Quiz, with 9 questions set by Hans....