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"WeatherSpark is a new type of weather website, with interactive weather graphs that allow you to pan and zoom through the entire history of any weather station on earth.

Get multiple forecasts for the current location, overlaid on records and averages to put it all in context. "

Google's policy states they do not own your data.

To promote sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by increased use and understanding of statistics and other information about social, economic and environmental development at local, national and global levels.

From the Hello page on the site -
interested in how designed information can help us understand the world, cut through BS and reveal the hidden connections, patterns and stories underneath. Or, failing that, it can just look cool!

My pet-hate is pie charts. Love pie. Hate pie-charts.

Pivot makes it easier to interact with massive amounts of data in ways that are powerful, informative, and fun. We tried to step back and design an interaction model that accommodates the complexity and scale of information rather than the traditional structure of the Web.

Watch the TED Talk video. Only about 6 minutes
http://www.ted.com/talks/gary_flake_is_pivot_a_turning_point_for_web_exploration.html

Excellent graphic of internet penetration in the world. Data presented in this fashion is highly informative and allows viewers to make inferences and draw conclusion. Use with teachers in a PD