Previously I wrote about Edward Tufte's Book on presenting graphs. Well, it seems that data visualization has been taken to a whole new level.
Ralph Lengler & Martin J. Eppler form the Institute of Corporate Communication compiled a "Periodic table" of visualization methods that categorizes and shows examples of about 100 visualization methods.
The table can be downloaded in pdf format at:
http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table_as_pdf.pdf
But try the online version - As you mouse over the various "elements" an example pops up to demonstrate what it looks like.
http://ow.ly/v9RI
The full article explaining the table can be found at
http://ow.ly/wk7d
Wow - It takes people specializing in visualization methods to think of such an innovative way to present their concept.
PS. I heard about this on the American Evaluation Assocation's Linked in Group.This and other useful information gets shared from time to time.
2 comments:
This is brilliant, I've passed it on to my colleagues. Thanks
Very interesting. With increasing access to technologies that help us link data with visualization, I think we are in the midst of exciting times for M&E and data analysis. Check out the Cartametrix website (www.cartametrix.com) for a perfect example of this.
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