For this data visualization project, I looked at The Minard Map, a very popular and well-known graphic. I thought that in many ways, the map lived up to the hype. It was able to show a lot of information (geography,… Continue Reading
Part 1 – Keeping it Honest: How Not to Lie with Pictures assignment What mistakes did you not think of before that you might want to avoid? I realized that I did not pay much attention to colors, and had… Continue Reading
I certainly agree that Charles Minard’s map is a great visual illustration. It definitely conveys multiple layers of information in a simplistic and easy-to-understand manner. However, I do not know if I would agree that it is “the best statistical… Continue Reading
I think that Minard’s map mostly deserves the hype. Its strengths lie in its simplicity; its visual representation of data is quite elegant. The decreasing width of the line is devastating in its succinctness. Also, it shows a route spatially,… Continue Reading
In a world of ever increasing information and data, it is now more important than ever to find ways to properly visualize and interperet that data. The gallery that Michael Friendly has cultivated of some of the infographics that he… Continue Reading
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLCF7vPanrY&feature=emb_title 2053 is a project by a man named Isao Hashimoto that visually displays all of the nuclear explosions on Earth between the 1945 Trinity test up to the 1998 Pakistan nuclear tests. Since the project started in 2003,… Continue Reading
Isao Hashimoto’s “2053” is a 14 minute time-lapse animation of every nuclear explosion that occurred between 1945-1998. It uses geographical and time data to tell its story, providing the viewer with information on the location, the month and year of… Continue Reading
I found Lin’s lecture on data visualization interesting and engaging. It was really useful to have some advice on how to approach data visualization, and it was really nice to see how graphs could tell a story and have a… Continue Reading
The Minard Map is considered one of the best graphical representation of all time. Many reasons contribute to its legacy but some of the most important ones are the vastly different colors, minimal lines and text, and it shows a… Continue Reading
There have been 2,053 nuclear explosions since 1945. In “2053”, Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto shows every single one in a time lapse that is both beautiful and terrifying. This work conveys the power of data visualization to tell stories and… Continue Reading
