If you’ve been trying to keep up with the progression of the latest health scare “Swine Flu” (H1N1), then you might want to check out HealthMap’s global disease alert map. It’s a google-maps mashup allowing you to select individual diseases, data sources, and time-frames and see them overlaid onto a map. The picture above shows all information on “Influenze” from Apr21 – Apr26.
Randall Hand
Randall Hand is a computer graphics programmer and news junky that's been working in the field for the last 15 years. He's responsible for visualizations generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, ytnef, mullion support in ParaView, and VizWorld.com.