Online tools for visualizing numbers and statistics

Many reporters use the football field as a visual metaphor for measurement as in “The plane was three football fields long.” But what if something isn’t nearly the size of a football field? It’s still important as journalists to translate statistics and mathematical figures in an easy to digest way. Most people won’t fully comprehend what 4,166 miles looks like, but they will more likely understand that something is the length of the Great Wall of China.