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Winter Olympics on a Sphere: Indiana University

 

The Winter Olympics capture interest worldwide. Begun in 1924, the Olympics have grown from 20 participating countries to a record 88 in 2014. Countless such facts exist about the Olympics, and the Advanced Visualization Lab (AVL) has created a way to visually communicate the rich history of the games to global audiences using Science on a Sphere (SOS) technology. Viewers can see the growth in participation by women (16 in the first games; 1,050 in 2010), or learn that Norway is the all-time medal leader, followed by the US, with the Soviet Union in fifth place. Datasets developed so far show historic participation by country and gender, medal counts and the evolution of events, and ways to scale and represent participation and medal data based on population and economic factors. This work will enrich future efforts to disseminate information with displays like Science on a Sphere, now used in more than 100 exhibits around the world. To read further, please visit http://pti.iu.edu/research/scholarly-highlights/articles/mapping-the-winter-olympics-with-sos.php.

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