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Choosingthevisualstory
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2016241176_citysalaries18m.html
http://nativenews.jour.umt.edu/2012/stories/fort-belknap/
Tools:
- Esri -- http://www.esri.com/software/mapping-for-everyone/
- Google Fusion and Google Refine
- Excel and Google spreadsheets
- MS Access or MySQL
Data explorations with visualization
First, how to get the data ready?
Trapped in a PDF? Tabula or CometDocs
Querying? Spreadsheets, MSAccess or SQL
R (previously mentioned)
Exploring for story visually
Tableau
Esri Online Storymaps
Google Fusion
Maps: The spread of Ebola
Frontline map
City A.M. Twitter map
New York Times
New York Times
Maps: Health insurance
Health exchange enrollments
Choosing the visual story
Diverging colors
Be open to the possibilities. All the elements can tell a story
Commonalities
Data viz possibilities:
- Census: 1,293 people in the county
- Digital access: http://mtbroadband.org/index.php/interactive-broadband-map/static-maps/
- No. of Schools: 1
- Photos
www.seattletimes.com/elephants
Bridges: One example
- the data analysis for story: http://bit.ly/10YRAwn
- the story: http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2021059931_bridgedeficienciesxml.html
- Tableau Public: http://bit.ly/13ah9Ml
- Seattle Times and Mapbox: http://bit.ly/1ahctS8
Mapping considerations
Will readers need the map to know where something is occurring.
Have you looked at the data in other ways as an exploration method? Which seems most informative.
When mapping, how do you use color to communicate?
Does your map buttress your findings?
Oregonian addiction treatment program
Is there one narrative touchpoint that has enough depth for you visualize?
When to map
http://www.seattletimes.com/elephants
Multiple vizes -- all support the nutgraf, but the data analysis also expanded the story. Use visualization both for visual story-telling and for data analysis technique.
Good Pie
Some visualizations are sidebars
Not everything should be interactive
Who, What, When, Where, Why and How:
What is the story?
All good stories have a point. To visualize, you need to:
- Interview the data.
- Use the nutgraf (theme) to help define a strong visualization.
- Data is more than numbers -- what little stories make up a larger whole which then can be visualized?
- Can you take disparate data points to help tell the main story?
Avoid Notebook Dump
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2016241176_citysalaries18m.html
http://www.seattletimes.com/methadone
Bad Pie
Data without a theme is just a bunch of data -- not a story.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/us/faces-of-the-dead.html?_r=0#/copes_gregory_t
http://hint.fm/wind/
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/04/28/us/tornado-deaths.html