a typology for data visualization on the web
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A Typology for Data Visualization on the Web
Ana FigueirasFCSH Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Visualizations or Infographics - All types of structured representation of information (graphs, diagrams, maps, information ilustrations, etc.)
Challenges Informative Efficient Aesthetic Stepping outside default formats Introducing storytelling Conveying huge sets of data Animation Available techniques Modern data formats and data sets Visualizing complex information...
Why it is important to have a typology for visualizations?Understanding all the pieces that compose a visualization and being able to classify visualizations is important to evaluate the progress of the maturing visualization eld, to help focus and direct future research and to help creating better visualizations that make use of the elements that are essential for a visualization to be successful.
Edward Segel and Jeffrey HeerMagazine style; Annotated chart; Partitioned poster; Flow chart; Comic strip; Slide show; Film/video/animation
Nichani and RajamanickamNarrative; Instructive; Explorative; Simulative
Ian Bogost, Simon Ferrari and Bobby SchweizerGraphs; Sequential graphics; Maps; Diagrams
Typology
200 visualizations
11 types or genres of data visualization
Narrative elementsCaptions; annotations; introductory text; accompany article; text; title; audio narration; video narration.
Reading/viewing orderLinear; user-directed path.
Visual elementsTimeline; photograph; bar chart; pie chart; doughnut chart; line chart; bubble chart; area chart; histogram; network diagram; Venn diagram; tree diagram; object size representing quantities; map; bubble map; pictogram; drawing; speech balloon; model; table; logo; video; scale; exploded view; tag cloud; pyramid; animation.
Interactive elementsinput box; user contribution; slide show; navigation buttons; scroll bar; objects reaction to mouse movement; search; filtering; zoom; click details; click highlight; hover highlight; hover details; link to external article; drag objects; game mechanics.
Sequential GraphicDrawing
Slide ShowVideo/Animation
Chart/DiagramPhotograph
MapPoster
Tag CloudGame
Model
Which elements are more prominent and which influence more the interaction that the viewer/user has with the visualization?
Video
Map
Bar charts
Animation
Pie charts
A Week of Check-ins on the Path to One Billion
Ground Zero Now
Video
Exploded view
Model
Make your own hurricane
Map
Animation
Scale
Game
Case Studies
UK riots timeline by The Guardian
The World of Seven Billion by National Geographic
Death penalty statistics, country by country by The Guardian
Home and Away: Iraq and Afghanistan War Casualties by CNN
What Does China Censor Online? by David McCandless
Ground Zero Now by The New York Times
How Many Households Are Like Yours? by The New York Times
A Week of Check-ins on the Path to One Billion by Foursquare
100 Years of World Cuisine by Clara Kayser-Bril, Nicolas Kayser-Bril and Marion Kotlarski
How Local News Is Going Mobile Infographic by Column Five Media
SPENT by McKinney
Recap: How can we identify the types of visualizations?
Identify what influences the interaction that the user/viewer has with the visualization
Identify which visual elements are more prominent on the visualization
Ana [email protected]@afigueiras