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CAR 2011 was stuffed full of information, so much so that the only way to keep up with everything has been to keep a log of what people have been sharing. Feb. 28 update : Thanks to everyone who’s forwarded additional links and presentations (I’m marking them with NEW as they’re added) and to all who’ve sent me nice notes about this list. Philip Smith forwarded a JSON file of NICAR tweets with links in them.
We live in an intensely digital world, and almost all of the visualizations and data we encounter are created or recorded by a computer. Still, there are devices that collect and “visualize” parts of the world around us. They turn things that are ordinarily invisible (electricity, magnetism, pressure, time) into things we can see, so that we can reason about them more effectively. These tools fit into three different categories: the first two are devices whose names often end in -meter and -graph (we’ll call them meters and graphs), and the third category is physical and chemical processes. Meters don’t always do much visualization.
Bubble charts can be a real pain for designers to create, but more importantly, they’re often done incorrectly. In the video below, Jess Bachman, Creative Director at Visual.ly, shows you how to create bubble charts — the right way.
Google Fusion Tables (ci-dessus, une carte des Etats-Unis montrant le pourcentage de foyers ayant un accès Internet en 2007, par états, d'après le bureau américain du recensement) Vous avez des données à explorer ? Voici quelques outils qui pourront vous être utiles pour les transformer en informations et en graphiques attrayants. Pour faire parler des données, rien ne vaut une panoplie d'outils de visualisation graphique. Il en existe de nombreux, notamment destinés aux professionnels versés dans l'analyse statistique. Mais leur prix, généralement élevé, ne convient pas aux utilisateurs moins spécialisés qui n'ont besoin qu'occasionnellement d'afficher des données sous une forme graphique.
Most people would agree that the old adage “A picture is worth a thousand words” is also true for web based solutions. There should be no discussion – Charts and Graphs are ideal to visualize data in order to quickly deliver an overview and communicate key messages. Whatever type of data presentation you prefer or suits you data (pie charts, bubble charts, bar graphs, network diagrams etc.), there are many different options but how do you get started and what is technologically possible? In this article tripwire magazine present more than 75 Tools for Visualizing your data on a website and most of the options available will be covered.
Insérer directement un visuel dans votre éditeur web… est le meilleur moyen de faire planter son site ! Chaque photo, dessin ou infographie doit être traitée pour le web. L’objectif : l’alléger le plus possible sans en altérer la qualité. 15 janvier 2010 | Ressources , Savoir-faire en images | Lire la suite