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Characteristics of Time
scale

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ordinal (A before B before C)
discrete (points)
continuous (line)

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Characteristics of Time
scope

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point based (most common)
interval based

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Characteristics of Time
arrangement

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linear
cyclic

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Characteristics of Time
viewpoint

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ordered
branching
multiple perspectives

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Characteristics of Time-Oriented Data
scale

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quantitative (numbers)
qualitative (words)

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Characteristics of Time-Oriented Data
frame of reference

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abstract
spatial

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Characteristics of Time-Oriented Data
kind of data

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events
states

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Characteristics of Time-Oriented Data
number of variables

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univariate
multivariate

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Mapping of time

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  • mapping time to space: static visualization, time and data in single coherent representation
  • mapping time to time: dynamic representation, utilise physical dimension to convey time dependency of data
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Categorisation on TimeViz Browser
data

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  • frame of reference: abstract vs. spatial
  • variables: univariate vs. multivariate
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Categorisation on TimeViz Browser
time

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  • arrangement: linear vs. cyclic
  • time primitives: instant vs. interval
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Categorisation on TimeViz Browser
vis

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  • mapping: static vs. dynamic
  • dimensionality: 2D vs. 3D
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Geospatial data

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  • describes objects with specific location in real world
  • map spatial attributes to the two physical screen dimensions resulting in map visualizations
  • map: world reduced to points, lines, and areas
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Spatial phenomena

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  • point phenomena
  • line phenomena: have length, but no width
  • area phenomena: have both length and width
  • surface phenomena: have length, width and height
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Maps subdivided into:

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Map types based on:

Properties of data:
- qualitative vs. quantitative
- discrete vs. continuous

Properties of graphical variables:
- points
- lines
- surface
- volumes

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Map projections

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mapping the positions on the globe (sphere) to positions on the flat surface

longitude: negative = western degrees
latitude: negative = southern

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Cylinder projections

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  • preserve local angles
  • conformal projections
  • degrees of longitude and latitude usually orthogonal to each other
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Plane projections

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  • azimuthal projections
  • map to a plane that is tangent to the sphere with tangent point corresponding to the center point of projection
  • some are true perspective projections
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Cone projections

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  • map to cone that is tangent to the sphere
  • degrees of latitude represented as circles around the projection center
    degrees of longitude as straight lines emanating from center
  • designed to preserve distance from center to the cone
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Point data

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  • discrete in nature, buy may describe continuous phenomenon
  • discrete: occur at distinct locations
  • continuous: defined at all locations
  • smooth: data that change in gradual fashion
  • abrupt: change suddenly
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Dot maps

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  • place symbol at location
  • quantitative parameter mapped to the size or color of the symbol
  • problem of overlap or over plotting in highly populated areas
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approaches for dense spatial data

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  • 2.5D visualization showing data points aggregated up to map regions
  • individual data points as bars, according to their statistical value on a map
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visualization of line data

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  • represent as line segments between pairs of endpoints specified by longitude and latitude
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mapping of line data

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  • standard: data parameters mapped to line width, line pattern, line color, and line labelling
  • start, end, and intersection points can be mapped to visual parameters (size, shape, color, labelling)
  • lines do not need to be straight
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Choropleth maps
values of an attribute or statistical variable are encoded as coloured or shaded regions on the map
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Choropleth maps: Issues
- most interesting values often concentrated in densely populated areas with small polygons - assumption that in one region values are uniformly distributed - size of regions impact perception of importance (color) - people can be color blind
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Dasymetric maps
- variable to be shown forms areas independent of original regions - attribute has different distribution than the partitioning - ancillary information acquired -> cartographer steps statistical data according to extra information collected within boundary
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Filters
Context filters before dimension filters Context filters -> dimension filters -> measure filters
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Data blending
- combines data from multiple data sources into single view - sends separate queries to the separate data sources and aggregates results to common level in Tableu -> usually join data at row level
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The query pipeline
1. Extract filters 2. Data Source Filters 3. Context Filters -> Top N, Fixed LOD 4. Dimension Filters -> Include/Exclude LOD, aggr, Data Blending 5. Measure Filters -> Table Calcs, Clustering 6. Table Calc Filters -> Trend lines, reference lines, pages
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Elements for designing a dashboard
- identify audience - define analytical questions - built data viz that will be components of the dashboard - design layout - design useful tooltips - define interactions - experiment and refine
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Isarithmic maps
- shows the contours of some continuous phenomena -> isometric: if contours determined from real data points (e.g. temperatures) -> isopleth: if data measured for a certain region and centroid considered as data point main task: interpolation of data to obtain smooth contours (e.g. triangulation, inverse distance mapping)
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Cartograms
- generalisation of ordinary thematic maps - distorting geography: size of regions scaled to reflect statistical variable - can't fully satisfy shape or area objective -> search compromise between shape and area preservation
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Noncontinuous cartograms
- keeps map, but fills correct size inside of the map - doesn't preserve input map's topology - scaled polygons drawn inside the original regions
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Noncontiguous cartograms
- scale polygons to their target size - satisfy area objective - perfect are adjustment - lose map's global shape and topology
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Circular cartograms
- completely ignore input's polygon's shape - each polygon is a circle - lose map's global shape and topology
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Continuous cartograms
- retains map's topology perfectly - not use area and shape constraints
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Issues for spatial data mapping
- class separation (bins) - normalisation (absolute vs. relative), - spatial aggregation (area definition) has severe impacts on visualization result
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Map generalization
- process of selecting and abstracting information on a map - used when small-scale map is derived from large-scale map - application- and task-dependent -> emphasise elements that are most important for task
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Why use interactions?
- static visualisations belong to the past - static fail to answer unpredicted questions - interactions help users ask their own questions and answer them while exploring data
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Types of interactivity
is a mechanism for modifying WHAT users see and HOW they see it - Find relevant data (in sea of other data) - reveal more data (drill down to enter details) - change views or context (to better answer questions)
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Interaction operators navigation
altering position of the camera and for scaling the view e.g. panning, rotating, zooming
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Interaction operators selection
- identify an object, collection of objects, or regions of interests e.g. highlighting and modifying
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Interaction operators filtering
reduce size of data being mapped on the screen e.g. eliminating records, dimensions, or both
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Interaction operators reconfiguring
- changing way data is mapped to graphical entities or attributes e.g. reordering the data or layouts -> diff. way of viewing a data subset
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Interaction operators encoding
- changing graphical attributes to reveal different features e.g. point size, line color
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Interaction operators connecting
linking different views or objects to show related items
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Interaction operators abstracting/elaborating
modifying the level of detail
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Interaction operators hybrid
- combining several of the above in one technique
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Operand
space upon which operator is applied - Screen space (pixels) - Data Value space - Data Structure Space - Attribute Space - Object space - Visualization Structure space
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Main interactivity tools in Tableau
- selection - highlight - filtering - parameters - sets - tooltips - URL actions
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Highlighting suitable for
- finding data of interest in the same context - show other marks that share attributes - find data on another sheet that is related
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Filtering suitable for
- focus only on the data we want to analyze, reducing cognitive load - control the context of data - remove unnecessary data and show only relevant one
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Parameters used to
- explore what-if scenarios - customize view - make dashboard more flexible - since defined globally, can be used across all data sources
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Sets and way of creating sets
- are custom fields that define a subset of data based on some conditions Ways of creating sets: - from marks in a vis - from a computation - combining sets
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Different types of sorting data
- sorting on axis - sort by labels - sorting by pill and toolbar sort button - custom sort - clear sorts
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Default sort
All variables take on their default sort
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Comparative sort
When variables are sorted by e.g. SUM(Shipping Cost) sorted by the highest value of SUM
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Nested sort
Each sub-category is independently sorted, e.g. after highest value
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Manual sort
Variables were manually sorted

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