Information Tells Stories

1. InfoVis Mantra

1.1. Select and Filter

1.2. Reconfigure

1.2.1. http://www.minglebee.com/gp/

1.3. Encode

1.4. Zoom (overview and details)

1.5. Connect

2. Why visualization is important?

2.1. Cholera Epidemic Example

3. Basic Principles

3.1. Data to Ink Ratio

3.2. Image Concept

3.2.1. Levels of Reading

3.3. Legibility Rules

4. Visualization Patterns

4.1. Timeline Diagrams

4.1.1. Map + Flow

4.1.1.1. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Minard.png

4.1.1.2. http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2009/06/02/sports/03marathon.grafic.html

4.1.2. Flow

4.1.2.1. http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/02/24/business/24METRIC_GRAPHIC.html

4.1.2.2. http://plan.tpondemand.com/restui/tpview.aspx?acid=CDF8D2947CC1C79BCF93FD870B4D7FB5#userstory/39379||{"tab":"implementationHistory"}

4.1.2.3. http://plan.tpondemand.com/restui/tpview.aspx?acid=CDF8D2947CC1C79BCF93FD870B4D7FB5#userstory/41096||{"tab":"implementationHistory"}

4.1.2.4. http://synapticnulship.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/movie_narrative_charts_large.png

4.1.3. Schedule

4.1.3.1. http://mbostock.github.com/protovis/ex/caltrain.html

4.1.3.2. http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/03/17/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/20070318_TRAIN_GRAPHIC.html

4.2. Multi-dimensional diagrams

4.2.1. Matrix

4.2.1.1. http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2007/08/28/eurheartj.ehm316/F4.large.jpg

4.2.1.2. Board+

4.2.2. Scatterplot

4.2.2.1. http://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2006/04/02/business/20060402_SECTOR_GRAPHIC.html

4.2.2.2. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/01/02/business/20110102-metrics-graphic.html

4.2.3. Small-multiples

4.2.3.1. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/16/sports/olympics/20080816_world_records.html

4.2.3.2. http://ieg.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/~aigner/teaching/ws06/infovis_ue/img/technique-images/full-size/tufte_patient_status2.jpg

4.2.3.3. http://mbostock.github.com/protovis/ex/hotel.html

4.3. Maps

4.3.1. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/10/us/20090310-immigration-explorer.html

4.4. Networks

4.4.1. TreeMap

4.4.1.1. http://www.smartmoney.com/map-of-the-market/

4.4.2. Mindmap