Hans Rosling: TED 2006, data visualisation

http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html

Oil production in America - example of brilliant infographic

http://www.oilposter.org/images/oil-age-2010-ve-xlg-outlined.jpg

Urban observatory

http://www.urbanobservatory.org/compare/index.html

comparison of cities' maps including land-use, transport, and other indicators.

d3 infographics

https://github.com/mbostock/d3/wiki/Gallery

a gallery of open source codes for animated, interactive data visualisation tools and graphs.