Different ways to “see” health information: infographics.

Moreover, Google apparently has a new tool called Google Public Data Explorer, which is meant to support different ways to visualize and present data.  Instead of simply reciting facts and statistics, or displaying a generic line or bar graph, you can now jazz up data and transform them into something that can be more relevant, contextual, and something of which folks can relate.  Well, at least that’s the idea.

For more reference on learning and thinking about how to effectively present information, there is always Edward Tufte himself. A snapshot: