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Visualizing data using maps and other tools
Mack Hardy Director at Affinity Bridge
Presented Feb 5th, 2013at NetTuesday Vancouver
Data Visualization as Story Telling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_driven_journalism
Steps of Data Visualization
Acquire : Obtain the dataParse : Provide some structure for the data's meaningFilter : Remove all but the data of interest.Mine : Apply methods from statistics or data mining as a way to discern patterns or place the data in mathematical context.Represent : Choose a basic visual model, such as a bar graph, list, or tree.Refine : Improve the basic representation to make it clearer and more visually engaging.Interact : Add methods for manipulating the data or controlling what features are visible.
O'reilly book "Vizualizing Data " by Ben Fry http://benfry.com/
Excel Charts
Google Charts
Excel and Google Charts
So many other ways to show data
http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html
Maps
Story Telling with Geographic Maps
Vision Vancouver Delivers Shale Gas Development in Fort Nelson
Geography provides the context for the story we are telling
http://votevision.ca/issues/map http://lands.fnnation.ca/story/shale_gas
Composite layers on maps
In our case
base map satellite images
tilestache provides the data layers from PostGIS via mapnik
leaflet map definition points to layers in the layer switcher
Image credit http://mike.teczno.com/notes/tilestache.html
Lot of Data on Geographic Maps
Meta Data Presentation from Tiles
Fusion Tables
Google Fusion Tables Build
Example of making Choropleth in Fusion Tables
https://github.com/affinitybridge/canada-provincial-population-choropleth
Fusion Tables as a Data Source
http://mapbox.com/blog/mapbox-fusion-tables-drones/
Chris Herwig from MapBox
http://hrwgc.github.com/places/drones/#8.00/32.886/70.467
Timeline of Events
http://livingunderdrones.org/timeline/
Review Christchurch table, show larger data set, and map styles
Illustrate that grouping is difficult in prepfor hexbin example
Fusion Tables - Larger Data Set
https://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?docid=1YHk08Ojrfdsn67tXq5-395UkSIDAuVgTwCHKVwk#map:id=3
Cartograms
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/48433/datavis/canada/cartogram/cartogram_v1.html
A map on which statistical information is shown in diagrammatic form.
http://bl.ocks.org/4687146
Scaling Canada by Area Population
http://bl.ocks.org/4696122
Cartogram of population vs parliamentary seats
Source: Canadian Census
Ecumene of Canadian Population
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2012/
Mark Newman, Department of Physics and Center for the Study of Complex Systems, University of Michigan
Contiguous Cartogram of 2012 US Results
http://wartard.blogspot.ca/2013/01/mali-french-go-to-desert.html
World Oil Reserves
Raphael http://raphaeljs.com
Making our Visualization Interactive
D3 http://d3js.org
Walmart Locations All Hexed Up
http://indiemaps.github.com/hexbin-js/tests/walmart.html
Graffiti in Vancouver
http://vancouver.ca/your-government/open-data-catalogue.aspx
http://bl.ocks.org/4711787
http://bl.ocks.org/4668062
Density Map of Christchurch Quakes
http://bl.ocks.org/4710662
Two aspects of dataset shown, plus geography
http://bl.ocks.org/4718717
Earthquakes = Now with Timeline!
Ethics & Open Data
Hugh StimsonGeocology Research
@geocology
http://geocology.ca/projects/net-tuesday/
Guide to publishing data responsibly
How to know if you’re doing it right
Here are the main questions to ask yourself to ensure you publish data responsibly.
1. Why publish this?Who could be harmed?
Is the data accurate?
Is it relevant to your story?
2. Why not publish this?
3. How best to publish this?What facets of the data are truly essential?
Discussion & Questions
[email protected]://affinitybridge.com
@mackaffinity @affinitybridge
http://xkcd.com/523/
LinksFusion Tableshttp://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.htmlhttp://votevision.ca/issues/map#creativity-jobs-and-financeshttp://lands.fnnation.ca/story/shale_gashttp://stage.rr.affinitybridge.com/http://stage.rr.affinitybridge.com/node/993#zoom=10&lat=48.9685&lng=-124.8322&layer=17http://hrwgc.github.com/places/drones/#9.00/32.6285/69.7405http://mapbox.com/blog/mapbox-fusion-tables-drones/http://livingunderdrones.org/timeline/https://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?docid=1YHk08Ojrfdsn67tXq5-395UkSIDAuVgTwCHKVwk#map:id=3
Cartogramshttp://bl.ocks.org/4687146http://bl.ocks.org/4696122http://wartard.blogspot.ca/2013/01/mali-french-go-to-desert.html
Hugh Stimson from Geocologyhttp://geocology.ca/projects/net-tuesday/http://thetyee.ca/News/2012/07/05/BCCarbonMapLessons/http://www.lohud.com/interactive/article/20121223/NEWS01/121221011/Map-Where-gun-permits-your-neighborhood-?gcheck=1http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/digital-strategies/199834/programmers-explain-how-to-turn-data-into-journalism-why-that-matters-after-gun-permit-data-publishing/http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2012/07/how-dramatically-alter-british-columbias-carbon-footprint/2489/
D3 Hexbin and Exampleshttp://indiemaps.github.com/hexbin-js/tests/walmart.html
http://bl.ocks.org/4711787http://vancouver.ca/your-government/open-data-catalogue.aspx
http://bl.ocks.org/4668062http://bl.ocks.org/4677419http://bl.ocks.org/4710662http://bl.ocks.org/4718717