Visualizing data spring2012
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This document provides a collection of links to various data visualization websites and resources, including examples of maps, charts, and infographics related to topics like Facebook friendships, bike usage in San Francisco, comparisons of scholarly databases, radiation levels, food stamp usage, and more. Basic design principles for data visualization like color, composition, alignment and repetition are discussed. The document encourages exploring these resources and designing an infographic on candy related data to present to the group.
Visualizing data spring2012
- 1. Visualizing Data Lisa Kurt, Emerging Technologies Librarian Facebook worldwide friendships mapped: http://flowingdata.com/2010/12/13/facebook-worldwide-friendships-mapped/
- 2. Who? What skills? Designer Computer Scientist Statistician Teacher/professor Mathematician Business person Entrepreneur Artist Etc… http://flowingdata.com/2011/08/19/bikes-of-san-francisco/
- 3. Let’ s look at some fun information! Web of Science vs. Google Scholar Web of Science Google Scholar 07/2008 604 643 08/2008 580 604 09/2008 1083 1109 10/2008 1302 1241 11/2008 638 1297 12/2008 677 886
- 4. Let’ s make it cooler
- 5. More cooler
- 6. Not awesome enough yet
- 7. Does it get better than this?
- 8. Wow.
- 9. “ There is no such thing as information overload, only bad design” -Edward Tufte
- 10. Composition Alignment Repetition Contrast Color Typography Image choice basic design elements
- 11. 3 words on chart junk… Don ’t do this.
- 12. Hrishi Mittal Rafal Dittwald Original graph: http://flowingdata.com/2010/02/25/challenge-make-this-graph-easier-to-read/ Brendan
- 15. Save pens. Use Garamond font
- 16. How Genetics Works http://flowingdata.com/2010/03/05/how-genetics-works/
- 17. http://flowingdata.com/category/visualization/page/2/ We have a need to explain and understand our world… even the humorous sides.
- 18. Conventions can work with us. Can you spot conventions used in this infographic? http://lemon.ly/slider/the-united-states-use-of-food-stamps
- 20. “ Yes We Can visualized”
- 22. Google Visualization API http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/
- 23. Want to be like Hans Rosling?!? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVimVzgtD6w
- 24. http://code.google.com/apis/chart/interactive/docs/gallery/motionchart.html Now you can!
- 26. Unix versions
- 27. The code!
- 28. BabyName Wizard http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager# http://actionscript.org/ Flash/ActionScript
- 33. Your turn! Design a single infographic that demonstrates information/data gathered from the candy. Sketch on paper or online. Or both! Consider the color, composition, contrast, typography, alignment, and repetition when designing your visualization. Work with a partner- no more than 3 in a group. Presentation and discussion.