"Despite more than a century of being bombarded with advertising and other media, educators all too often underestimate the importance of how we communicate using images"
Pictorial Communication Language. Icons & Pictures that explain ideas. Great for simple presentations and for infographics.
Similar to the Noun Project
This tutorial shows you how to:
Import data into your Maps application.
Display that data on a map using simple markers.
Use symbols and heatmaps to improve the appearance and legibility of your map, and to represent secondary information.
At the end of this tutorial, you will have created a map that displays real-time earthquake data, including magnitude. You can use these same techniques with your own data source to help you tell a more powerful story with the Google Maps API.
Hans Rosling spoke at the IB Asia Pacific conference in 2012. If you don't know his work, here's a short introduction to how he uses data to tell stories.