These are some links to data visualisations I liked. This data vis is a mapping of USA with colour coding part owned by different people. https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2019-largest-landowners-in-us/ This data vis is an animated graphic of school statistics in the USA. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/local/school-diversity-data/ This data vis is an animated video of the globe and the area which are …
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Mini Tasks
Mini Task 1 This Data Visualisation is of University Students and the amount of time they spend on a screen. In more detail the dashboard has sheets conveying the types of screen used, during what times and also comparing screen use between males and females. University Students Screen Time Mini Task 2 Story
3B Style Guide
The infographic from the American Heartworm society is one of my precedents as I use the idea of separating different groups into categories and colours. Colour Scheme applied to Graph
Analysis of a Data Visualisation
The Data visualisation me and my partner Marc chose was from a Washington Post on Natural disasters reported by Meko (2019). Meko, T. (2019). Mapping America’s wicked weather and deadly disaster [Image]. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/national/mapping-disasters/?noredirect=on Questions 1. What story does it tell? This data from the washington post shows data visualisation using a heat map …
Week 8 Lecture Pod
Summary In this weeks lecture pod we go through a TedTalk on Art made of storms by Miebach (2011). During her talk she gives the audience a song which is made from the patterns of weather. Miebach (2011) transformed data into a physical model where she also translated into music and reports that visualisation of …
Week 7 Lecture Pod
Summary In this weeks lecture pod we learn about the beauty of data visualization by McCandless (2010). According to McCandless (2010), there is no point of data if they are not given meaning such as giving them more visuals and patterns to better understand them as the eyes are very sensitive to them and only …
Week 6 Lecture Pod
Summary In this weeks lecture pod, we go through three different videos which is what is data journalism, the history of data journalism and data journalism by The Guardian (2013). Data journalism is making stories out of data, it can be out of words or designing maps according to The Guardian (2013). At The Guardian …
Week 5 Lecture Pod
Summary In this weeks lecture pod we learn why graphs are used. Graphs are used to compare data but if done poorly can give off the wrong idea such as bubble graphs as shown below. The reason bubble charts are not that useful is because they are round and we are bad at perceiving areas. …
Dashboard Exercise
This data is a compilation of statistics conveying the amount of time University students spends on a screen and the types as well as what places use them the most and what they are doing.
Gender Vs Topics
This data is a comparison me and my group made on males and female University Students in different categories which include watching Netflix, socialising and working. At the end will be a top 10 chart showing what male and females do in their daily lives.
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