Visualizing data spring2012
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Visualizing DataLisa Kurt, Emerging Technologies Librarian
Facebook worldwide friendships mapped: http://flowingdata.com/2010/12/13/facebook-worldwide-friendships-mapped/
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/
Let’s look at some fun information!
• Web of Science vs. Google ScholarWeb 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
Let’s make it cooler
More cooler
Not awesome enough yet
Does it get better than this?
Wow.
“There is no such thing as information overload, only bad design”
-Edward Tufte
1. Composition2. Alignment3. Repetition4. Contrast5. Color6. Typography7. Image
choice
basic design elements
3 words on chart junk…
Don’t do this.
Hrishi Mittal
Rafal Dittwald
Original graph: http://flowingdata.com/2010/02/25/challenge-make-this-graph-easier-to-read/
Brendan
http://www.japanquakemap.com/
http://xkcd.com/radiation/
Save pens. Use Garamond font
How Genetics Works
http://flowingdata.com/2010/03/05/how-genetics-works/
http://flowingdata.com/category/visualization/page/2/
We have a need to explain andunderstand our world…
even the humorous sides.
Conventions can work with us.
Can you spot conventions used inthis infographic?
http://lemon.ly/slider/the-united-states-use-of-food-stamps
http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com
Many Eyes
“Yes We Can visualized”
http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/
Google Visualization API
Want to be like Hans Rosling?!?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVimVzgtD6w
http://code.google.com/apis/chart/interactive/docs/gallery/motionchart.html
Now you can!
http://graphviz.org/
Graphviz
Unix versions
The code!
http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager#
BabyName Wizard
http://actionscript.org/ Flash/ActionScript
http://www.eigenfactor.org
EigenFactor
http://xkcd.com/688/
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.