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Tables to Maps

Nature Reserve Tabular Data

• Lots of Data• Hard to visualize

Graph It!• At-A-Glance

Visualization of large amounts of tabular data

• Can lack comparative values

• No external context

Reserve Scatter Plot XY

Reserve Scatter Plot XYGroup & Colour By Altitude

Standardization!

A Common XY Coordinate Space• Everything

Happens Somewhere On Earth

• Earth Has Standard Axes

• Latitude/Longitude = Y/X

• Latitude Range: -90 -> +90 (180 Degrees)

• Longitude Range: -180 - +180 (360 Degrees)

Allows Context & Comparison

Looks better in a Map

Zoom In For Detail

Display Attributes (Altitude)

Display Attributes (Distance to Town)

Display Attributes In Context(Distance to Town)

Display Attributes In Context(Distance to National Roads)

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