http://forums.flowingdata.com/ Strength in Numbers en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:09:29 +0000 http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/proof-people-see-color-differently#post-2307 Sun, 14 Aug 2011 19:58:53 +0000 nathany 2307@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>Whoa. </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/proof-people-see-color-differently#post-2306 Sun, 14 Aug 2011 09:41:27 +0000 Datum 2306@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>This was last part of a show called "Horizon: Do You See What I See?" and it blew my mind.</p> <p><a href="http://www.petapixel.com/2011/08/12/do-people-always-see-the-same-things-when-they-look-at-colors/" rel="nofollow">http://www.petapixel.com/2011/08/12/do-people-always-see-the-same-things-when-they-look-at-colors/</a> </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/nhl-finals-visualized-over-time-html5-demo#post-1780 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:21:54 +0000 lupka 1780@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>This is really cool. Sad that IE is still in the dark ages though. I can only imagine the cool stuff that will come from these new HTML5 features once a higher percentage of users are able to view them. </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/nhl-finals-visualized-over-time-html5-demo#post-1775 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:42:24 +0000 robby1066 1775@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>The idea was that it would be ordered by their earliest appearance, left-to-right. But there's a few places where it's wrong (Dallas is an example, I merged their wins and losses with the Minnesota North Stars, who relocated to Dallas in '93, thus screwing up the order). I agree, it would probably help to make it more consistent. </p> <p>Ordering by most appearances might be more interesting, now that you mention it. Probably easier to understand, too. Especially if there was some way to note the count without adding too much clutter. Perhaps in the title so it only shows when a team is hovered over. </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/nhl-finals-visualized-over-time-html5-demo#post-1774 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:54:15 +0000 Djam 1774@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>Great!</p> <p>In what order did you place the team icons?</p> <p>I think there is certain ordering, but not sure if it adds any value...</p> <p>Why not try:<br /> - Latest finalists to the right<br /> or<br /> - Most appeared in finals to the left </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/nhl-finals-visualized-over-time-html5-demo#post-1771 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:45:38 +0000 bvmou 1771@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>Very cool! </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/nhl-finals-visualized-over-time-html5-demo#post-1768 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:14:58 +0000 nathany 1768@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>nice work! </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/nhl-finals-visualized-over-time-html5-demo#post-1767 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:48:56 +0000 robby1066 1767@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>Hi there,<br /> I just created an HTML5 visualization of the NHL teams that have played in the Stanley Cup finals since they started competing for it in 1927. I thought I'd share and see if you guys had any feedback on it.</p> <p><a href="http://vis.robbymacdonell.com/stanley-cup/" rel="nofollow">http://vis.robbymacdonell.com/stanley-cup/</a></p> <p>It was a fun exploration of what could be accomplished with just HTML, javascript, and CSS. I was trying to see how rich a visualization I could create without resorting to using Flash. </p> <p>The big bummer is that it doesn't work at all in Internet Explorer, due to the lack of support for the canvas element. But it works in Chrome, Safari, and 95% in Firefox.</p> <p>Thanks,<br /> Robby </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/advice-for-some-time-series-data-visualization#post-1438 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:27:41 +0000 nathany 1438@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>I second that. </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/advice-for-some-time-series-data-visualization#post-1435 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:26:52 +0000 joshhemann 1435@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>This might be obvious, but a heatmap works best when you impose some order to your variables. Time has a natural ordering but you might sort the 40 countries by GDP, those in NATO vs not, etc, and hopefully blocks of colors jump out and reveal information more easily. You should post your images when you are done! </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/advice-for-some-time-series-data-visualization#post-1434 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:55:15 +0000 nathany 1434@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>I guess while we're at it, a treemap/mosaic plot or whatever it's called, could work too. </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/advice-for-some-time-series-data-visualization#post-1433 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:48:58 +0000 New High Score 1433@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>You can also look at the concept of Marimekko charts, which are a similar concept. </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/advice-for-some-time-series-data-visualization#post-1423 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:06:09 +0000 kerimcan 1423@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>Thanks for your help. Heatmaps are what I was looking for. I found especially the second link in krees' message useful. </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/advice-for-some-time-series-data-visualization#post-1422 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:29:52 +0000 nathany 1422@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>i guess a regular time series chart might work for this too. </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/advice-for-some-time-series-data-visualization#post-1421 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:55:08 +0000 Kim Rees 1421@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>Perhaps you're thinking of a basic heatmap?</p> <p>I don't use R, but one of these looks like it might help:<br /> <a href="http://sekhon.polisci.berkeley.edu/stats/html/heatmap.html" rel="nofollow">http://sekhon.polisci.berkeley.edu/stats/html/heatmap.html</a><br /> <a href="http://enotacoes.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/easy-guide-to-drawing-heat-maps-to-pdf-with-r-with-color-key/" rel="nofollow">http://enotacoes.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/easy-guide-to-drawing-heat-maps-to-pdf-with-r-with-color-key/</a> </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/advice-for-some-time-series-data-visualization#post-1420 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:39:38 +0000 kerimcan 1420@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>Hi, I looked for advice or example of a visualization I have in mind but couldn't find any. Below is a description. I know R.</p> <p>I have data on peacekeeping operations and civil wars since 1985. "Peacekeeping operations" (PKO) variable takes on 4 values: No operation, UN operation, non-UN operation, mixed operation. I know the value of this variable for each country and each year. I want to show, for the countries that had at least one civil war (around 40 countries), the values of the PKO variable. </p> <p>I imagine a graph where countries are on the y-axis and years are on the x-axis. Each country has a horizontal strip and the strip can each year take a different color depending on the value of the PKO variable (white if "no op", blue if "UN op", yellow if "non-UN op", green if "mixed op"). </p> <p>Could you tell me the name of such graphs and do you know if I can do this in R? </p> <p>Thanks for your help. </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/looking-for-us-by-county-vector-friendly-maps#post-1076 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:19:49 +0000 kendall015 1076@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>If you choose to convert shapefiles into SVGs using ArcGIS or other software, you may want to simplify the maps first so they have fewer points. I have found this very necessary while creating a similar project (in Flex, though). You can do that for free at the following URL: <a href="http://mapshaper.com/test/demo.html" rel="nofollow">http://mapshaper.com/test/demo.html</a></p> <p>In theory you can simplify SVGs using inkscape, but I don't know how. </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/looking-for-us-by-county-vector-friendly-maps#post-1074 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:15:44 +0000 indiemaps 1074@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>Indieprojector freely converts shapefiles and KMLs to SVG, maintaining all layers and features for later display, interaction, animation, what have you. Check it out!-- <a href="http://indiemapper.com/projector.html" rel="nofollow">http://indiemapper.com/projector.html</a></p> <p>Oh, and I was one of the developers of this software. </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/looking-for-us-by-county-vector-friendly-maps#post-1073 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:27:05 +0000 martian 1073@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>The Pro version of UUorld (www.uuorld.com, $49) can convert most any shapefile to SVG. The standard download includes US Counties.</p> <p>Disclosure: I was one of the developers on this software. </p> http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/looking-for-us-by-county-vector-friendly-maps#post-1072 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:42:19 +0000 nathany 1072@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ <p>there's also this: <a href="http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/bdy_files.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/bdy_files.html</a> </p>