The below graphic shows socioeconomic data in a much more vibrant and engaging form than standard chloropleth mapping. Extruding bars based on the number of workers for two different airports shows a more creative way of displaying socioeconomic data and location analytics
Here is a link to my companies response to the recent London Runway expansion reports: http://www.bartonwillmore.co.uk/resources/much-more-than-a-runway/
More of this to come hopefully...
The next image is a bit more technical but I thought using a slight 3d tilt and rendering the images in a dedicated 3d graphics package creates a much stronger image than some of the standard mapping softwares can provide. Granted it takes longer...