Data Visualization Resources

Here are off-site links to examples demonstrating different visualization techniques.

Network Graphs

Links between UK government websites
Russian internet marketing community makes SigmaJS look great.
Subreddit Connections: I especially like the "magnifying glass" rollover effect for revealing local detail.
Data Visualization References Network: This demonstrates the rollover effect in an extreme form that might be too much of a good thing.

Maps

Interactive, animated depiction of water levels in California reserviors combines a map with chart of historical and current data.

Realtime Internet Attack Map earns the "visualization most like a video game" award. I need to upgrade up the visual design of my visualizations.

Animated Statistics

Hans Rosling's TED presentation from way back in 2006 is still relevant as a model of using visualization to help reveal patterns in historical data. He's clearly passionate about the subject.

One of the world development visualizations from Han Rosling's presentation recreated using Google Public Data Explorer

Various Examples

Google Ideas projects use data visualization to help understand and address specific social or ecological challenges.
Many alternate depictions of bike-share ride data reinforces the point that multiple different visualizations of the same dataset can yield a better understanding than a single one.

Tools and Libraries

D3: Multi-purpose charting and graphing tool
Dimple: Helper layer to make D3 easier to use for common charting cases
SigmaJS: Mapping tools, an open-source alternative to Google Maps
ProcessingJS: Versitile visual programming language that can be used to produce lively visualizations
Google Fusion Tables: Tools for those that don't mind their data being uploaded to The Goog
Google Public Data Explorer/a>: Interactive tool for creating embeddable visualizations from public data or your own datasets