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LIS 4317 Data Visualization: Spotting Differences

For this week's visualization I used the default mtcars dataset that comes with R. This dataset was extracted from the 1974 Motor Trend US magazine. The dataset has 11 variables that include things such as horsepower, fuel efficiency, weight, etc. In total, there are 32 cars listed in this data…

By Simon Liles February 20, 2021LIS 4317 Data Visualization, School Work

LIS 4317 Data Visualization School Work

LIS 4317 Data Visualization: Part to Whole and Working with Plotly

This week I was given an excel spreadsheet of values and had to use Plotly to create a visualization of the data. The result I came up with is the above graphic. I plotted the data as time series data and shaded the area under the line to make it…

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

LIS 4317 Data Visualization School Work

LIS 4317 Data Visualization: Visual Analytical Patterns

This week I was tasked with creating a visualization with 6 variables from a given data set out of 9 available variables. The data set is originally sourced from data.gov, representing public transit in the United States which had at least 12 variables, my professor then filtered the data down…

By Simon Liles February 7, 2021LIS 4317 Data Visualization, School Work

LIS 4317 Data Visualization School Work

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 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