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Haiti Earthqauke Aid by Nation - In Avatar Minutes
Earlier today, the Guardian's data store released a list showing how much different countries and organizations have pledged to the Haiti eathquake aid effort.
I built a visualization tool to turn these numbers into something real - first, I asked how much money was being spent per citizen of these countries. Then I took that figure and converted it to Avatar minutes: how many minutes of Avatar would this earthquake aid pay for?
Sweden gives up the most Avatar minutes (37 - almost a quarter of the film) while Canada donates just 3 minutes of Avatar time per citizen (which probably wouldn't even make it through the credits).
These images are a screenshot from a tool which allows you to explore the data in detail.
blog.blprnt.com/blog/blprnt/finding-perspective-haiti-ear...
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Haiti Earthqauke Aid by Nation - In Avatar Minutes
Earlier today, the Guardian's data store released a list showing how much different countries and organizations have pledged to the Haiti eathquake aid effort.
I built a visualization tool to turn these numbers into something real - first, I asked how much money was being spent per citizen of these countries. Then I took that figure and converted it to Avatar minutes: how many minutes of Avatar would this earthquake aid pay for?
Sweden gives up the most Avatar minutes (37 - almost a quarter of the film) while Canada donates just 3 minutes of Avatar time per citizen (which probably wouldn't even make it through the credits).
These images are a screenshot from a tool which allows you to explore the data in detail.
blog.blprnt.com/blog/blprnt/finding-perspective-haiti-ear...
Built in Processing v.1.0