January 2021 – Quant Knot

LIS 4317 Data Visualization: Adding Vector Graphics with Adobe Illustrator

This week I used Adobe Illustrator to add vector graphics to the data visualization I made last week. I added labels for major locations along the coastline to label the marina hotspots on the map. I also added a key to label the different colors on the map. The original…

By Simon Liles January 31, 2021LIS 4317 Data Visualization, School Work

LIS 4370 R Programming School Work

LIS 4370 R Programming: Data Frames in R

This week I learned more about data frames in R. For this post I was given hypothetical sample election polling data. The data was originally in vectors, so I have kept it in that way. For this assignment I created an R Script which you can find on my GitHub…

By Simon Liles January 31, 2021LIS 4370 R Programming, School Work

LIS 4370 R Programming School Work

LIS 4370 R Programming: Working with Basic Functions

This week in LIS 4370 I reviewed how to work with functions and data in R. The assignment this week calls for the testing of a given function with some sample data. All code I use in this post can be found on my GitHub which you can find here,…

By Simon Liles January 22, 2021LIS 4370 R Programming, School Work

LIS 4317 Data Visualization School Work

LIS 4317 Data Visualization: Working with Geographic Data

As a sailor cruising up and down the coast, it is good to know where to expect services. Unfortunately it is not easy to find things like marinas or services on the charts. Unlike a road trip, planning where to go during the cruising season requires some knowledge of where…

By Simon Liles January 21, 2021LIS 4317 Data Visualization, School Work

LIS 4317 Data Visualization School Work

LIS 4317 Data Visualization: Visual Analytics That Caught my Eye

The first visual analytics that caught my eyes in recent weeks is this graph in this medium article. Figure 1: A Network graph showing links between Facebook groups in discussion about COVID-19 Vaccines. This visual appealed to me first because of the data. There are thousands of entities being represented…

By Simon Liles January 14, 2021LIS 4317 Data Visualization, School Work