"Hrynaszkiewicz, said, "Increasing online open data availability in formats than can be readily re-used and analyzed by others puts the processing power into journalists' hands; rather than relying on outside specialists such as policy makers to provide insights, raw data can now be analyzed and interpreted in newsrooms. This is the emerging field of data-driven journalism, in which journalists gather, analyze and visualize 'big' data and combine it with compelling, credible storytelling.
"Ensuring open data can be readily used by others adds real value to the, occasionally challenging, data sharing-process." "
Great visualization of the UK transit data, shows how the London area transit tolls increased cycling and decreased cars in the city area when comparing 2001 to 2008
"This productivity map for Google Earth is an example of such an application. It renders the university buildings in 3D - the building height indicates the number of publications written by researchers working in the respective building."