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Create Your Own Simple Graphics

For MobileJohn Duchneskie

The Philadelphia Inquirer


To paraphrase James Carville …


It’s the content,stupid [I don’t mean you]




yEven the simplest of graphics can convey powerful information




yEven the simplest of graphics can convey powerful information

yYour graphic is only as good as your content



Testscores

SOURCE: School District of Philadelphia JOHN DUCHNESKIE / Staff Artist

Lamberton ElementaryHuey Elementary Tilden MiddleResults are for 5th grade. Results are for 5th grade. Results are for 7th grade.

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The School Reform Commission on Thursday fired three principals who had been under scrutiny in a years-long investigation of cheating on state standardized exams. The three schools the principals were connected to, shown here, each showed remarkable progress, and then precipitious declines, in scores.

Scores for Schools Suspected of CheatingThe School Reform Commission on Thursday fired three principals who had been under scrutiny in a years-long investigation of cheating on state standardized exams.


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Scores for Schools Suspected of Cheating


A Fast and Deep Decline

Percentage decline and duration of selected bear markets:

The Dow Jones industrial average has now lost half of its value since its peak in October 2007. The depth and pace of the current decline are worse than any since the Great Depression.


7006005004003002001000Trading days from previous peak to market bottom

Dotcom bustJan. 14, 2000–

March 22, 2001422 trading days

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Arab oil embargoJan. 11, 1973–

Dec. 6, 1974484 trading days

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Current crisisOct. 9, 2007 – ???351 trading daysthrough yesterday–52.3%








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Great DepressionSept. 3, 1929–

July 8, 1932718 trading days

–89.2%

SOURCE: Bloomberg News JOHN DUCHNESKIE / Staff Artist

Current crisisOct. 9, 2007 – ???351 trading daysthrough yesterday–52.3%





Using maps to tell a story

APME NewsTrain Murfreesboro • Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2016 Interactive map is here

http://www.philly.com/philly/infographics/388726662.html


Your options for getting work done in your home


Your options for getting work done in your home yFast



yGood



yGood

yCheap



yGood

yCheap

Pick any two.

The data-visualization challenge


Easyto use



Easyto use

Powerful



Easyto use

Powerful Free?




What we’ll do today


What we’ll do todayyDemonstration of creating charts with Datawrapper



yHands-on practice with Datawrapper




yDemonstration of creating a map





yHands-on practice creating a map





yHands-on practice creating a map

yQuestions and answers


Demonstration: Creating this in DatawrapperTest

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Your TurnOpen the file called Murfreesboro pop growth.xlsx


On your ownCreate a column chart with the data in Nashville_homicides.xlsx


Creating MapsThe two most common maps you’ll create:


Creating MapsPoint mapyEach icon represents a discrete locationyIn this example, icons just represent location


Point mapyIn this map, icons have different colors and sizes to represent data as well as location


Choropleth mapyGeographies (municipalities, neighborhoods, counties, etc.) have different colors or patterns



yCan show differences in quantitative values (as in ranges of life expectency shown in this map)



yCan show differences in quantitative values (as in ranges of life expectency shown in this map)

yCan also show categorical values (which candidate won which county)


Demonstration: Creating this in ArcGIS Online


Your TurnOpen the file called Metro_Public_WiFi_Locations.csv


On your own Create a choropleth map with the data in Tenn_counties_migration.xlsx


Overview of charting toolsDatawrapperyEasy to use

yMultiple chart styles

yFree to APME attendees until Nov. 30

y12 euros a month/ 100 euros per year


Overview of charting toolsDatawrapperyEasy to use

yMultiple chart styles

yFree to APME attendees until Nov. 30

y12 euros a month/ 100 euros per year

Tableau PublicyFree

yMore chart types than Datawrapper

yStrong outreach to journalists

yMuch longer learning curve than Datawrapper


Overview of charting toolsGoogle Fusion TablesyFree

yFewer chart options than Datawrapper and Tableau

yHarder to use than Datawrapper; some HTML knowledge helpful


Overview of mapping toolsDatawrapperyEasy to use

yMap choices limited to choropleth (thematic) or symbol (bubble) maps

yLimited geographies (countries, states, counties)

yFree until Nov. 30


Overview of mapping toolsDatawrapperyEasy to use

yMap choices limited to choropleth (thematic) or symbol (bubble) maps

yLimited geographies (countries, states, counties)

yFree until Nov. 30

ArcGIS OnlineyFree for one year to APME attendees

yAPME attendees also get a free copy of ArcGIS Desktop, the industry-standard GIS mapping program (typically called ArcView in newsrooms), with free support for one year


Overview of mapping toolsArcGIS Online (continued)yMaps based on location data from a spreadsheet are easy to create

yService has deep set of analytical functions

yCompany (Esri) very helpful to journalists


Overview of mapping toolsArcGIS Online (continued)yMaps based on location data from a spreadsheet are easy to create

yService has deep set of analytical functions

yCompany (Esri) very helpful to journalists

yThematic maps are much more difficult to create; helps greatly to know how to use ArcGIS Desktop

yCost after one year (could be) $400 a year

yCan be difficult to learn


Other mapping toolsGoogle Fusion TablesyFree

yAlmost unlimited geographies available

yUsed widely by journalists

yLearning curve





yLearning curve

Tableau PublicyFree, but takes time to learn

yCan join maps with Tableau’s charting functions





yLearning curve

Tableau PublicyFree, but takes time to learn

yCan join maps with Tableau’s charting functions

Batchgeo.comyVery easy

yFree

yLimited to just point maps


Questions? Need help?Let’s talk.John Duchneskie

The Philadelphia [email protected]

Twitter: @jduchneskie

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