DataViz - Improving data visualisation for the public sector

Urban Diary Aquarium

2010-08-26 15:12:01

Saturday track record of three participants of the UrbanDiary project recorded in London. The data is plotted with the z-axis representing time of the day. The time frame in this case is 24 hours and starts from the bottom at 00h00 passing the time upwards to 24h00. Each participant has a time reference icon over the home location, where the journey starts and ends. There is one female and two male participants, of whom the female and one male participant have family. The single male goes in to work just as normal although it is a Saturday and returns home in the afternoon to do some sport activity locally where he lives. His journey starts at 08h23, ends at 17h19 and travels around 15 km. The woman does some local activities with her family and travels in to her workplace briefly later on. She starts her day at 07h01, ends at 20h09, and covers 30 km wile traveling. The Second male participant spends his day in the local area. This journey starts at 11h45, ends at 18h53, and measures 5 km.

Postcode map

2010-08-26 15:07:29

Googlemap overlayed with postcode data

Comparative bubble chart

2010-08-26 15:04:42

Bubble map comparing landmass and population to measure population density. The outer bubble depicts area(sq km) and the inner bubble depicts population. The larger the inner bubble relative to the outer bubble, the higher the level of population density.

Timeline scatterplot

2010-08-26 15:03:16

Scatterplot is used to compare of driving habits and petrol prices. Each point in the plot is joined to the previous years point, with the drawn path indicating order in time.

Circular timeline and bubble chart

2010-08-26 15:01:34

The outer circle illustrates presidential periods, the governing party, and whether or not the President died in office. The first inner circle shows the "eras" in history that those time periods covered. The third inner circle shows key foreign conflicts and wars. The fourth inner circle (purple) shows key legislative acts (or series of bills) that were issued. Finally, the bubbles in the middle indicate the average national debt, as indicated every 8 years.

Interactions chart

2010-08-26 14:59:45

Interactive chart enabling users to explore interactions between ethnicity, gender, type of abuse and likelihood of being a victim of child abuse. Values can be displayed using bars, bubbles, colours and position on the chart.

Credit rating chart

2010-08-26 14:58:06

Rank comparison diagram, comparing credit ratings of nations by different credit ratings agencies.

Interactive bubble chart

2010-08-26 14:56:20

The graphic shows IED attacks on civilians, coalition and Afghan troops during the Afghanistan conflict. The interactive features enable analysis of change in casualties over time while the bubble map captures size location and category of casualty.

Google Data Explorer

2010-04-27 12:00:53

This interactive tool developed by Google offers a large amount of data, ranging from databases on public debt in Europe (in the screenshot) to education statistics in California. It is fully flexible so the user can select can choose between line, char graphs and maps, as well as the contextual information to be displayed.

Chart Chooser

2010-04-23 11:33:47

A "chart of charts" to help users decide what the best chart is, depending on their needs.

Swingometer

2010-04-23 11:25:43

This visualization explores the possible changes in voter's preferences for the 2010 elections and displays the seats at stake for each possibility.

Electoral Map: change exploration

2010-04-23 11:18:32

This is a 'swingometer', designed to explore the changes each party requires to gain a majority in parliament.

Election Seat Calculator

2010-04-23 11:12:22

Interactive tool that combines the power of a cartogram, a bar chart and a pie chart to explore possible outcomes of the 2010 election.

Interactive map

2010-04-23 11:04:44

Interactive tool to visualize the progress of the 2010 elections.

Local Spending Reports

2010-04-23 11:00:52

Funnel Plot

2010-04-23 10:56:25

Funnel plot generated in excel by the Association of Public Health Observatories to illustrate prevalences.

Regional Observatory

2010-04-23 10:15:15

The West Midlands Regional Observatory summarizes information about several indicators across the region. In the screenshot, a comparative view of the proportion of people claiming Jobseekers allowance across the region

Interactive map

2010-04-20 10:53:00

This is a colour coded map designed to summarize the information related to the flight ban caused by the Icelandic volcano in April 2010

Interactive table

2010-04-19 16:05:26

This visualization presents large groups of text by using a simple key coloured table that allows the user select a category to reveal more detail. Within each category, the user can see the manifestos of Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat for the May 2010 elections. This type of graph is a appealing alternative to standard tables.

Interactive timeline

2010-04-19 15:47:40

This is a tool designed to explore the history of visualization by placing interactive milestones along a timeline. The milestones include graphs, maps and technology that have made possible the change in visualization methods. Each milestone is linked to a detailed explanation and a visual example.