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November 2017

28 November 2017

Visual Earth: the first study to analyze the growth of image sharing on Twitter around the world

  • Map showing the locations of 100 million image tweets shared between 09/2011—06/2014 (random sample from the complete dataset of 270 million tweets). Learn more on the project website Visual Earth.

  • Map showing the 100 cities used in our study. The size of each circle corresponds to the total number of visual tweets shared in the central part of a given city. Learn more on the project website Visual Earth.

Visual Earth is the first study to analyze the growth of image sharing on Twitter around the world in relation to economic, geographic, and demographic differences. We use a unique dataset of 270 million geocoded images shared on Twitter around the world between 09/2011—06/2014. We also look in detail at image sharing trends in 100 urban areas situated on five continents.

Our new project Visual Earth analyzes 270 million geo-coded images shared on Twitter worldwide over 3 years

  • Map showing locations of 100 million image tweets shared between 09/2011—06/2014 (random sample from the complete dataset of 270 million tweets). Learn more on the project website Visual Earth.

  • Map showing the 100 cities used in our study. The size of each circle corresponds to the total number of visual tweets shared in the central part of a given city. Learn more on the project website Visual Earth.

Visual Earth is the first study to analyze the growth of image sharing on Twitter around the world in relation to economic, geographic, and demographic differences. We use a unique dataset of 270 million geocoded images shared on Twitter around the world between 09/2011—06/2014. We also look in detail at image sharing trends in 100 urban areas situated on five continents.

08 November 2017

“The Image-Interface: Graphical Supports for Visual Information” – new book by Everardo Reyes-Garcia

  • Sample illustration from: Everardo Reyes-Garcia. The Image-Interface: Graphical Supports for Visual Information (London: Wiley-ISTE, 2017).

  • Sample illustration from: Everardo Reyes-Garcia. The Image-Interface: Graphical Supports for Visual Information (London: Wiley-ISTE, 2017).

  • Sample illustration from: Everardo Reyes-Garcia. The Image-Interface: Graphical Supports for Visual Information (London: Wiley-ISTE, 2017).

New book by an associate member of the Cultural Analytics Lab, Dr. Everardo Reyes-Garcia, Associate Professor, Université Paris 8, France:

Everardo Reyes-Garcia. The Image-Interface: Graphical Supports for Visual Information (London: Wiley-ISTE, November 2017). 70,000 words.