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		zackzackzack on July 2, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Visualizations of the oDesk “oConomy”: Exploring O... That is one of the main problems with bubble charts. Unless you have a sophisticated packing algorithm, the layout of the chart won't have much meaning. For comparing the projects between countries, another method of display will have to be used.

Panos on July 2, 2012 [–]

Perhaps a treemap?

zackzackzack on July 2, 2012 | [–]

http://mbostock.github.com/d3/ex/treemap.html

This would have been a better choice. It displays the same sizing information but keeps positioning the same.

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