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Phillip Ressler
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Sam Stals
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Carlos Oporto
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Vytautas Juzėnas
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Derrick Bradley 5 months ago

Super cool stuff guys. What tools did you use to visualize all this data?
Chris Freeman 5 months ago

Whoa
Matthew Healy 5 months ago

@Derrick: Thanks! The visualization was mostly created with Processing (processing.org). The data was provided by our data team from the hadoop/hive infrastructure they've built for analytical purposes (more on that here: engineering.foursquare.com/2011/03/24/big-data-foursquare-slides-from-our-recent-talk/). I created the map tiles using a great open source app called TileMill (mapbox.com/tilemill/), and loaded them into my Processing sketch with the Modest Maps library (code.google.com/p/modestmaps/). A few things at the end were added with After Effects (the zoom-in bubbles and the glow on the category bars)
Matthew Healy 5 months ago

For a more detailed explanation, read this blog post: matthewhealy.net/data-visualization/a-week-of-check-ins-on-the-path-to-one-billion-behind-the-scenes
"Statistic 101" 5 months ago

This is outstanding! Thank you for explaining the details of how each aspect was created to make such an innovative and cutting edge video! Looks like I will start with the learning tutorial! Thanks Matthew Healy!
Evandro Felippe 5 months ago

That is a beauty!
Mark Lincoln 5 months ago

Legend. Funny to see us in little old New Zealand just flickering away right on the bottom right edge there! Great work on the video. Needs a sound track I reckon. Something classical.

This perhaps: youtube.com/watch?v=FvbCV6E0Wro

Watch the foursquare video again with that other video playing in the background haha

I blogged this here:
nzraw.co.nz/web/foursquare/foursquare-check-ins-around-the-world/
Olybop 5 months ago

nice video : blog.gaborit-d.com/un-milliard-de-checkins-foursquare/
Daniel Delgado 5 months ago

Superb video! :O
Brian McConnell 5 months ago

What's a checkin?
Mark Lincoln 5 months ago

It's like a chicken but with less protein.
Blake Whitman 5 months ago

hah!
Andy Barlow 4 months ago

Super whoa!
Zen Moment 4 months ago

Awesome
Luis Fernando Tejada Rosero 4 months ago

Remarcable, greetings form Buenos Aires