JOUR 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Contour Line
4 May 2018
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• Helping people understand the significance of data by placing it in a visual context
• Exposing patterns, trends, and correlations that might go undetected in text-based data
Basics of creating visualizations:
• Provide tangible evidence
• Create the right comparison
• Provide a frame of reference/comparison
• Consider the message you're sending
• Tell the whole truth
What can they look like?
• Infographics
• Dials and gauges
• Geographic maps
• Sparklines
• Heat maps
• Detailed bar, pie line
• Interactive capabilities
Document Summary
Dv--: helping people understand the significance of data by placing it in a visual context, exposing patterns, trends, and correlations that might go undetected in text-based data. Provide tangible evidence: create the right comparison, provide a frame of reference/comparison, consider the message you"re sending, tell the whole truth. Infographics: dials and gauges, geographic maps, sparklines, heat maps, detailed bar, pie line. Charts: pie circle representing 100, bar bars representing whole amounts, fever lines represent change over time, effective charts must be cleat and accurate. Maps: most common type of info graphic, locator maps pinpoint event or important location, geo maps show the qualities of earth"s surface, statistical maps choropleth, isoline, dot. Using type in dv: leading = 2pts larger than type size, bold or italic to emphasize, avoid, all caps, hyphenation, script or style typefaces, setting type @ an angle.
