12. A graphic user interface for displaying data from a database of media that is tagged with geographic location information, comprising: an output device configured to display media dots that are aligned with a grid that encompasses the geographic location information of the media in the database, the media dot's diameter, d, is varied logarithmically with the number of items it represents, wherein each of said media dots has a size that varies as a function of a number of media items represented by the media dot, such that each media dot indicates how many media are associated with a grid location on the map.
12. A graphic user interface for displaying data from a database of media that is tagged with geographic location information, comprising: an output device configured to display media dots that are aligned with a grid that encompasses the geographic location information of the media in the database, the media dot's diameter, d, is varied logarithmically with the number of items it represents, wherein each of said media dots has a size that varies as a function of a number of media items represented by the media dot, such that each media dot indicates how many media are associated with a grid location on the map. 17. The graphic user interface of claim 12 wherein media dots are limited to represent database items that are at the resolution of the media dot or finer.