Data Visualization and the Modern Imagination
I would like to add one of my finds (if it's already mentioned in the original post, sorry for the double) - the National Atlas of Japan (1977) [1].<p>Take a look at the railway traffic statistics [2]. The visualization there must have been painstaking to make.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.gsi.go.jp/atlas/atlas-e-etsuran.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.gsi.go.jp/atlas/atlas-e-etsuran.html</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gsi.go.jp/atlas/archive/j-atlas-d_e_49.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.gsi.go.jp/atlas/archive/j-atlas-d_e_49.pdf</a><p>edit:<p>The earthquake epicenter visualization is also worth mentioning:<p>[3] <a href="https://www.gsi.go.jp/atlas/archive/j-atlas-d_e_11.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.gsi.go.jp/atlas/archive/j-atlas-d_e_11.pdf</a>