the most influential vizzes of all time (#sxsw)

The most influential visualizations of all time

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#5vizzes Andy Cotgreave

@acotgreaveSocial Content Manager, Tableau

The most influential visualizations of all time

25 3

14PRESENTED BY#5vizzes

Andy Cotgreave@acotgreave

Social Content Manager, Tableau

#5vizzes @acotgreave

Influential?

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The most influential visualizations of all time

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John Snow Cholera Map, 1854

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1854_Broad_Street_cholera_outbreak

John Snow Cholera Map, 1854

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1854_Broad_Street_cholera_outbreak

John Snow Cholera Map, 1854

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Snow_(physician) #5vizzes @acotgreave

http://johnsnow.matrix.msu.edu/images/online_companion/chapter_images/fig12-4.jpg

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The most influential visualizations of all time

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Gapminder, Hans Rosling

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2:59#5vizzes @acotgreave

Exclusive!Tableau v9

feature reveal!

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The most influential visualizations of all time

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1812

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Napoleon’s 1812 Russian Campaign

What happened to Napoleon’s soldiers?

LivedDied

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Charles Minard’s March on Moscow, 1869

“The graphical representation is gripping; it inspires bitter reactions on the human costof the thirst for military glory”

- V Chevelier (Minard’s son-in-law)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Minard-carte-viande-1858.png #5vizzes @acotgreave

http://cartographia.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/minards-map-of-british-coal-exports/#5vizzes @acotgreave

Charles Minard’s flow map, 1869

What happened to Napoleon’s soldiers?

LivedDied

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What happened to Napoleon’s soldiers?

LivedDied

Charles Minard’s flow map, 1869

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Mortality in Crimean War, Florence Nightingale

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Nightingale-mortality.jpg #5vizzes @acotgreave

“I can never be sufficiently

thankful to papa for

having given me an interest in Statistical and Political

matters”

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Mortality in Crimean War, Florence Nightingale

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Nightingale-mortality.jpg #5vizzes @acotgreave

https://archive.org/stream/popularsciencemo23newy#page/n301/mode/2up #5vizzes @acotgreave

https://archive.org/details/mortalityofbriti00lond

Mortality in Crimean War, Florence Nightingale

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Nightingale-mortality.jpg #5vizzes @acotgreave

Andy’s Data Viz Bus Tour

1The most influential visualizations of all time

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Chart of biography, Joseph Priestley, 1765

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“Laborious and tedious

as the compilation of this work

has been… a variety of

views were continually

opening upon me

during the execution of

it”

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“It is now sixteen years since I first thought of applying lines to subjects of Finance. Was I the first who applied [Priestley’s] principles to Finance?”

- William Playfair

Playfair’s Denmark/Norway imports/exports, 1786

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Playfair_TimeSeries-2.png #5vizzes @acotgreave

But what about modern data viz tools?

Yes we can (mostly)!

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I WANT TO CHANGE THINGS FOR THE BETTER. I HAVE THE

DATA AND THE PASSION TO DO IT.

Debate: @acotgreave Further info: http://tabsoft.co/vizinfluence

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