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Introduction to Visual AnalyticsWeek 1: Context
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Historical context
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World Map. 1592collectionscanada.gc.ca/education/008-3070-e.html
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Scotland’s imports and exports. William Playfair. 1786decohan.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/nature-of-visualisation
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Diagram of the causes of mortality in the army in the East. Florence Nightengale. 1858 decohan.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/nature-of-visualisation
Grey = disease. Pink = battle wounds. Black = other causes.
Carte figurative des pertes successives en hommes de l'Armée Française dans la campagne de Russie 1812-1813. Charles Minard, 1869 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Minard.png
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Effect of US Civil War on trade in cotton, 1858, 1862. Charles Minard. 1863.cartographia.wordpress.com/category/charles-joseph-minard/
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Cholera outbreaks in London. John Snow, 1854.commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snow-cholera-map-1.jpg
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Density and Intensity of Illiteracy in France.Baron Pierre Charles Dupin, 1826.
Euclid.psych.yorku.ca
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The Horse in Motion. Eadweard Muybridge. 1878uj.apertura.hu/2014/nyar-osz/fogl-uton-utfelen
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galileofeynman.blogspot.ca/2013/01/about-bertillonage-anthropometry.html
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Hand mit Ringen. Wilhelm Rontgen. 1895en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray
So what is different today?
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What is data visualization?
ted.com/talks/david_mccandless_the_beauty_of_data_visualization#t-873046
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Not all data visualizations are created equal
Information designInfoVizInfo GraphicsData visualizationData analysisVisual analyticsMedical/scientific visualizationMap based viz’s (GIS)
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Edward Tufte
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Truthiness
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churchnumbers.com/less-is-more/
High data to ink ratio
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http://www.solutions2.be/DidYouKnow.aspx
No chart junk
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(Left) kotfu.net/category/statistical-breviary/(Middle) edwardtufte.com
(Right) catherinedalzell.ca/tag/chart-junk/
No graphic ducks
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Edward Tufte. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
Information design / InfoViz / Info Graphics
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Left vs. Right. David McCandlessdavidmccandless.com
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Feltron 2013 Annual Report. Nicholas Feltronfeltron.comCopyright Anne Stevens 2014
Data Visualization
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SatCat Database:all space debris larger than 10cm dia.
Hours and hours of research, filtering and number crunching
The Fortune 500. Ben Fryfathom.info/fortune500
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Visual analytics
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The Care and Condition Monitor. Anne Stevens et al. OCAD Visual Analytics Labstevensanne.com/?portfolio=brava-design-for-mobile
Scientific visualization
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The Visible Human Projectnlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html
What would Tufte say about these?
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Jason SalavonLate Night Triad
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Lev ManovichMapping TimeCopyright Anne Stevens 2014
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Uses a portable four meter high measuring device and long-exposure photography to map WiFi fields around RFID devices in urban spaces.
Immaterials: light painting WiFi, Kjetil Nordby, 2011nearfield.org
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Fundament, Andreas Nicolas Fischer. 2008.anf.nu/fundament
Tokyo earthquake data sculpture. Luke Jerram. lukejerram.com
Yvonne Jansen, Pierre Dragicevic, Jean-Daneil Fekete
Keyboard frequency sculpture. Michael Knuepfelaviz.fr/Research/PassivePhysicalVisualizations
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Introduction to Visual AnalyticsWeek 1: Context