A great way to display statistics of San Fransisco crimes

 

 

map designed by Doug McCune

I came across this map on strange maps http://bigthink.com/blogs/strange-maps.  These infographics were created using 2009 crime stats for San Fransisco. It can get so boring looking "heat" maps of crime or boring old graphs.  Doug's approach brings a new look to crime data.  It does a really good job at showing where the hot spots are for crime.  I In general I think 3-d images do a great job at capturing people's attention.  If your interested in finding more unique maps I recommend checking out Strange Maps