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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

What is the difference between an infographic and a data visualization?

A visualization is created by a program that can be applied to many datasets. It is general, context-free and (largely) automatic,

An infographic is hand-crafted for a particular dataset. It is specific and has a particular purpose. infographics are context-sensitive.

Robert Kosara


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Every two days we create as much informationas we did from the dawn of humans through 2003

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Anatoly Zenkov iographica.comTuesday, August 30, 2011







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