Visualization Online tools
Assignment 1
1a
1b
Assignment 2a
2B
Checklist – visualizations
Make sure all the following is included/correct
in every visualization:
All numbers double checked
Spell check
Axis and legend titles (If possible. Otherwise described in caption)
Units
Y-axis starts at 0
Conscious choice of colors – (explained on request)
Source
Instructions for use (when needed)
Context or explanation (when needed)
Byline
Accessibility (contrast, caption for screen readers, attached table etc)
(explained on request)
Understandable for someone who sees the visualization for the first time
(show it to someone outside the newsroom)
Url with the visualization checked on a mobile device
Assignment 2c
Smartphone: How do the charts from the different tools appear on your smartphone? Are there any problems?
It shows the same as the laptop did, no problem
Colours: How easy/difficult is it to change colours with the different tools?
It's easy to change colours by any tools, but it take much more time in Flourish
Text/labels: How easy/difficult is it to work with text/labels in the different tools?
It is easy in datawrapper and Flourish，more complex on Infogram.
Flexibility: How flexible are the tools? Can you make the changes you want to do?
I think Flourish is the most flexible one, it looks more professional for data visualization, I can make the changes but infogram is much more tricky to edit.
Accessibility: Which different options for accessibility do the tools have?
Datawrapper has the function of testing for colorblindness, Infogram has already settled model, Flourish has a straightforward system.
What are the main benefits of:
- Datawrapper is simple to manage
- Infogram has more models than Datawrapper.
- Flourish has a diversity of tools.
Which one of the tools do YOU prefer, so far?
Datawrapper
Geovisualization and maps
1 A
Best Chinese Restaurants in Gothenburg by Google my maps
1B Infogram and Datawrapper
2A
Data wrapper
2B
Data wrapper
2C
Flourish
2D
Maps/smartphone
Open the site (MIJ22) in your smartphone. Look at all the maps you have published:
Are they ok? Can you see the tooltips for example? Is there anything you have to change?
Describe your experience and how you solved the problems (if there were any) in your post at the website.
I can see all the visualizations and maps on my phone correctly, it looks the same as the laptop did, yeah I can see the tooltips, there is nothing to change.
During my experience, i found sometimes it's hard to make clean datasets and it took much time to wait for the big datasets uploaded, and Flourish looks much more complex to manage, datawrapper is easier but with less functions than Flourish.