Examples of Data Visualization

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Look at the example line chart above to identify the basic elements of a data visualization.

• “scaffolding”: titles, legends, scales, byline, sources
• visual elements: size, shape, color, position, brightness, texture, orientation
• visual argument

Explore Examples

Catalogues of visualization types:

• The Data Visualization Catalogue
• Periodic Table of Visualization Methods
• Data to Viz
• Visual Vocabulary
• Data Viz Project

Some visualizations:

• Data and information visualization, on Wikipedia
• Pudding (e.g. check Moscow on A Map of Places in the US with the Same Name)
• Flowing Data
• Information is Beautiful
• Junk Charts
• Gapminder resources
• Tableau Public

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