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A Brief Introduction
to Data Visualisation
Data Visualisation Melbourne

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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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Science Art
Data Visualisation is interdisciplinary
Graphic Design
Information Design
Journalism
Data Science
Computer Science
Statistics
Creative Coding
Cartography

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Big Data People?????Data Visualisation

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“Data”

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www.accurat.it/
Data vis = Art

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

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hint.fm/wind/
Data vis = Spacial

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Data vis = Product
Gephi
Fitbit NASA

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Florence Nightingale

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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

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

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

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www.ri.id.au/closethegap