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“The main goal of data visualization is its ability to visualize data, communicating information clearly and effectivelty.”
Vital Friedman, editor-in-chief of www.smashingmagazine.com
Source: www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/informationGateway.php
Impact of One child policy 1979
China’s Population: 1 330 000 000
India’s Population: 1 173 000 000
Source: www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/inform
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Which country will be the most populous in 2030?
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Task in a Power plant: Monitor Temperature of Liquid B
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Gender balance• 12% of corporate board members from the sample were female• 21% of the lines are women
Cluster• West vs East
Toby Segaran - Corporate map: http://dev.mqlx.com/~toby/corporate_map.png
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Gender balance• 12% of corporate board members from the sample were female• 21% of the lines are women
Cluster• West vs East
Toby Segaran - Corporate map: http://dev.mqlx.com/~toby/corporate_map.png
Growth of WalMart blog.kiwitobes.com/?p=51
Address Year
1210 Giant Drive 1962
1238 Doit road 1963
18 34th Ave 1963
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239 Alabama road 1964
908 Weist St 1964
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Source: www.solidsourceit.com/products/SolidSX-source-code-dependency-analysis.html
More about beauty then useful
Data visualisation could be a powerful communication tool
Always bear in mind the users / audience of the data visualisation
Toby Segaran - http://kiwitobes.com
Gap Minder – Debunking myths about the “third world”
◦ www.gapminder.org/videos/ted-talks/hans-rosling-ted-2006-debunking-myths-about-the-third-world/
Data Visualisation tools
◦ www.yworks.com/en/products.html
◦ www.graphviz.org/
Edward Tufte – Visual Explanationswww.edwardtufte.com/tufte
Free data
◦ Freebase – www.freebase.com
◦ OECD - http://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx
◦ Statistic NZ - http://search.stats.govt.nz/nav/0
Demographic
◦ David Foot, Boom, Bust and Echo -http://www.footwork.com/book.asp