Visual CommunicationBorrowed from Eva Constantaras

How do we communicate data?

Line graphs

Pie chart

Change over time, Trends

Share of whole

E.g. Average temperature of each year.

E.g. Causes of death among young adults.

Charts, graphs, and etcBorrowed from Eva Constantaras

Bar chart

Bubble chart

Comparing results

Comparing quantity by volumeE.g. Overview of road budget compared to military budget.

E.g. Crimes per province.

Charts, graphs, and etcBorrowed from Eva Constantaras

Pictorial chart

Ratio per population

E.g. Rate of unemployed adults in a population

Charts, graphs, and etcBorrowed from Eva Constantaras

Why visualize?Borrowed from Eva Constantaras

The brain likes images.

Makes the data easier to understand

Grabs the audience attention

Increase website hits

Charts, graphs, and etc

Platforms

Is there any easy platform to do it?

PlatformsPik2ChartSilkAdobe IllustratorGoogle ChartsMany EyesChooselExhibitJavascript InfoViz ToolkitInfogr.am

CartoDBMapBoxQuantum GISOpenStreetMapTimeline JSTimeflowGephiNodeXLInstantAtlas

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