Instead of making my own list of the best data visualizations in 2011, I have decided to compile a list of everyone else’s lists to expedite the process of searching through the Internet and RSS feeds for this information.  By no means is this an exhaustive list, but… with the overlap in the included sites, I believe any more links and this post would be too much.

Best of 2011

Flowingdata - “The Best Data Visualization Projects of 2011″

Visual.ly – “20 Great Visualizations of 2011″

Co.design – “The 22 Best Infographics We Found in 2011″

Looking 4 Data Visualization – “Data Visualization in 2011 – A Recap”

Vimeo – “Visualizing 2011″

Data Journalism Year in Review

Washington Post – “The Year in Graphics”

New York Times – “New York Times Infographics”

Top Data Visualization Tools of 2011

Venkatesh Tech – “Data Visualization: 20+ Useful Tools and Resources”

BI Developments – “Top 5 Cool Data Visualization Tools”

Computer World – “22 Free Tools for Data Visualization and Analysis”

Degree Central - “17 Free Awesome Data Visualization Tools”

The “Other” Category

Visualising Data - “10 Significant Visualisation Developments: January to June 2011″
Visualising Data - “10 Significant Visualisation Developments: July to December 2011″

Feel free to comment with additions and I’ll throw them in the post.  Thanks for a great year in data visualization