An excellent site here, illustrating how dynamic geography has become as a discipline with regards to presenting geographical data in new ways. Data provides geographers with a brief snapshot of a country and much can be gleamed from accurate information.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2011/jul/18/africa-data-visualised-infant-mortality-government-debt
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2011/jul/18/africa-data-visualised-infant-mortality-government-debt