Intro to data vis slides from first the Data VIsualisation Melbourne meetup.

1. A Brief Introduction
to Data Visualisation
Data Visualisation Melbourne

2. to communicate data to people graphically and in a
meaningful way. The main goal of data visualisation is to
clearly convey information and to make complex data
accessible.
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3. Science Art
Data Visualisation is interdisciplinary
Graphic Design
Information Design
Journalism
Data Science
Computer Science
Statistics
Creative Coding
Cartography

4. Big Data People?????Data Visualisation

5. “Data”

6. www.accurat.it/
Data vis = Art

7. http://guns.periscopic.com/
Data vis = Storytelling

8. hint.fm/wind/
Data vis = Spacial

9. Data vis = Product
Gephi
Fitbit NASA

10. Florence Nightingale

11. Edward Tufte
Data Integrity: do not distort what the data has to say
Data:ink ratio: visual elements convey as much data
as possible
Avoid chartjunk: non-informative elements that
distract from the data
Substance over methodology or production
SparklinesSmall Multiples

12. Hand-crafted Generated
Tools
Tableau
Highcharts
Many Eyes
Excel
R
Gephi (network)
CartoDB (mapping)
TileMill (mapping)
D3 (web)
Processing
Nodebox
Raphael
Illustrator
Pen & Paper

13. http://www.dear-data.com/

14. www.ri.id.au/closethegap