Data by itself, consisting of bits and bytes stored in a file on a computer hard drive, is invisible. In order to be able to see and make any sense of data, we need to visualize it. In this chapter I'm going to use a broader understanding of the term visualizing, that includes even pure textual representations of data.
Datavis in documentary
video by Data Journalism Blog
Nicola Hughes is the media partner manager at ScraperWiki.com. She also launched a blog called Data Miner UK a year ago. In this interview she talks about the crucial role of data scraping and gives some advice on data journalism... Do you agree with what she says? Let us know in the comment section and why not keeping the conversation going in our forum? www.datajournalismblog.com/groups
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A project coordinated by the European Journalism Centre and the Open Knowledge Foundation, launched at the Mozilla Festival in London on 5 November 2011. Journalists and experts in data gathered to create the first ever handbook to data journalism over a two-days challenge. Report by Marianne Bouchart (The Data Journalism Blog)
Fineo is a web application which implements a visualization technique based on the visual model of Sankey diagrams. Fineo was born from the idea that Sankey diagrams, although developed as a technique for visualizing continuous data, may be used to represent relations between dimensions of categorical data.
examples of data visualization with R, has new social features. Now, when you find a graph or chart you find appealing or useful, you can "Like" it on Facebook or "+1" it on Google+. This should be a great way of highlighting the best charts and graphs in this massive collection (and don't forget they all include working R source code as well, to adapt for your own needs).
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R is a system for statistical computation and graphics.
It consists of a language plus a run-time environment with graphics, a debugger, access to certain system functions, and the ability to run programs stored in script files.
R Graphic EngineOne of R's strengths is the ease with which well-designed publication-quality plots can be produced, including mathematical symbols and formulae where needed. Great care has been taken over the defaults for the minor design choices in graphics, but the user retains full control.
Google Fusion Tables is a tool used to create data visualisations including maps, graphs and timelines to illustrate stories
Data journalism trainer and writer Paul Bradshaw explains how to get started in data journalism, from getting to the data to visualising it
ImagePlot visualization software: explore patterns in large image collections
Digital Birmingham and Birmingham Science City are co-hosting this event to discuss the proposals in the consultation and to encourage individuals, businesses and organisations from around the West Midlands to respond to it.
The Government owns £337bn of assets, from Buckingham Palace to Stonehenge. But what exactly does it own, and should it sell items to pay off the national debt? Channel 4's Dispatches investigates.