While it looks cool, it only takes you a second to realize that this is kind of a worthless visualization because to see the height of the bar you have to spin

While it looks cool, it only takes you a second to realize that this is kind of a worthless visualization because to see the height of the bar you have to spin the globe so the line is parallel to the view plane. If you are looking straight down, you only get the color. Remember, 3d isn't 3d, it's 3d projected on a 2d plane. And if this were real steroscopic 3d, then each of these datapoints would be like the 3d gimmics in movies like a spear right to your face. That said I've got this bookmarked because I think at it's base it could be useful for other visualizations.