Graphical Influences

Here are some links that may or may not help you develop a contemporary understanding of visual mappings...
(Some programs can allow you to add your own info... some you can understand the hierarchies and begin to format it on your own in illustrator (or something))

http://www.visualthesaurus.com/

http://www.win.tue.nl/~dholten/extravis/index.htm


http://www.timwalter.de/portfolio/textour/


http://www.tianamo.com/


Personal Facebook Mapping


Gapminder


http://megamu.com/lastfm/

http://www.humanbraincloud.com/view.php


http://cba.fro.at/timeline/


Also look at time magazines... they have the best diagrams... anyway... here is some eye candy...