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✖ Via The New York Times: “2009 Debt As A Pourcentage of G.D.P.” By Kevin Quealy and Karl Russell (Sources: European Commission; Eurostat; Bloomberg)

“Greece’s debt troubles are far from unique. Thirteen of the 27 European Union countries face debts equal or more than 60 percent of their gross domestic product, the limit set by the European Commission. And that group includes some of the rgion’s biggest economies, such as Britain and France.”

Read the related article “A Trillion for Europe, With Doubts Attached” by By Landon Thomas Jr. and Jack Ewing (May 11, 2010).

• May 16, 2010 link notes tagged: economy news Europe crisis destruction lost debt Greece

✖ Via Kottke: “Airspace Rebooted” by ItoWorld, April 25th, 2010

“A visualisation of the northern European airspace returning to use after being closed due to volcanic ash. Due to varying ash density across Europe, the first flights can be seen in some areas on the 18th and by the 20th everywhere is open.

The flight data is courtesy of flightradar24.com and covers a large fraction of Europe. There are a few gaps (most noticeably France) and no coverage over the Atlantic, but the picture is still clear.

The map data is CC-by-SA openstreetmap.org and contributors.

This CC-by-SA visualisation was produced by itoworld.com with support from ideasintransit.org

Previously on Skandalon : ITO World visualization.

• Apr 29, 2010 link notes tagged: art communication technology catastroph natural catastroph nature data visualization map network plane circulation vehicule Europe