dataviz in 6 weeks, wk1: context

Introduction to Visual AnalyticsWeek 1: Context

Copyright Anne Stevens 2014

http://www.ted.com/talks/david_mccandless_the_beauty_of_data_visualization%23t-873046

http://feltron.com/

http://fathom.info/fortune500

http://stevensanne.com/?portfolio=brava-design-for-mobile

http://www.salavon.com/work/LateNightTriad/

Historical context



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


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



Effect of US Civil War on trade in cotton, 1858, 1862. Charles Minard. 1863.cartographia.wordpress.com/category/charles-joseph-minard/


Cholera outbreaks in London. John Snow, 1854.commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snow-cholera-map-1.jpg


Density and Intensity of Illiteracy in France.Baron Pierre Charles Dupin, 1826.

Euclid.psych.yorku.ca


The Horse in Motion. Eadweard Muybridge. 1878uj.apertura.hu/2014/nyar-osz/fogl-uton-utfelen


galileofeynman.blogspot.ca/2013/01/about-bertillonage-anthropometry.html


Hand mit Ringen. Wilhelm Rontgen. 1895en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray

So what is different today?


What is data visualization?

ted.com/talks/david_mccandless_the_beauty_of_data_visualization#t-873046






Not all data visualizations are created equal

Information designInfoVizInfo GraphicsData visualizationData analysisVisual analyticsMedical/scientific visualizationMap based viz’s (GIS)


Edward Tufte


Truthiness


churchnumbers.com/less-is-more/

High data to ink ratio


http://www.solutions2.be/DidYouKnow.aspx

No chart junk


(Left) kotfu.net/category/statistical-breviary/(Middle) edwardtufte.com

(Right) catherinedalzell.ca/tag/chart-junk/

No graphic ducks


Edward Tufte. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

Information design / InfoViz / Info Graphics


Left vs. Right. David McCandlessdavidmccandless.com


Feltron 2013 Annual Report. Nicholas Feltronfeltron.comCopyright Anne Stevens 2014

http://feltron.com/

Data Visualization


Anne StevensEvery Satellite EverCopyright Anne Stevens 2014

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


http://fathom.info/fortune500

Visual analytics



The Care and Condition Monitor. Anne Stevens et al. OCAD Visual Analytics Labstevensanne.com/?portfolio=brava-design-for-mobile

http://stevensanne.com/?portfolio=brava-design-for-mobile

Scientific visualization



The Visible Human Projectnlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html

What would Tufte say about these?


Jason SalavonLate Night Triad


http://www.salavon.com/work/LateNightTriad/

Lev ManovichMapping TimeCopyright Anne Stevens 2014


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


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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