Visual variable (Cartography 🗺️)

A visual variable, in cartographic design, graphic design, and data visualization, is an aspect of a graphical object that can visually differentiate it from other objects, and can be controlled during the design process. The concept was first systematized by Jacques Bertin, a French cartographer and graphic designer, and published in his 1967...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_variable

#VisualVariable #Cartography #GraphicDesign #InformationVisualization

Great article on mapping trends and clusters of research in the sciences.

https://eto.tech/blog/new-perspective-introducing-summary-view-map-of-science/

#scientometrics #bibliometrics #informationVisualization #mappingOfScience

Drumming insight out of data. All #datascientists want to do that, of course, but more generally, scientists want to do that. Like these chemists at East Carolina University using #data #sonification and these stock market analysts using #Chernoff faces for #DataVisualization #informationvisualization and data reduction.

Did I mention this is part of an article in an Apple II magazine from 1986?

"There always have been too much data"

#retrocomputing #appleII #magazine #vintagemagazine

Everyone says and thinks Avatar, right? But, as ever, it depends on how you look at it. @[email protected] took a deep data dive and found some surprising, even horrifying answers

https://informationisbeautiful.net/2023/what-is-the-most-successful-hollywood-movie-a-data-story/

#design #feedly #FilmIndustry #MovieIndustry #Infographics #InformationVisualization #DataViz

Kmeans saved the day this week. Dealing with uncertainty, measurement errors and other factors: Very often, it's the basic #datascience tools that provide the best solution in the least amount of time...

#data #informationvisualization #datavisualisation #clustering #classifier #supervisedlearning tag team with #unsupervisedlearning #semiconductor #physics #labeling #uncertainty

How has your week been so far?

#DataViz, #DataVis

#COYS, #Spurs, #Tottenham, #TottenhamHotspur, #THFC

#Baltimore, #Bmore, #CharmCity

#MICA, #MarylandInstituteCollegeOfArt

#InfoViz, #InfoVis, #InformationVisualization

#RaciallyAmbiguous, #Cis, #Hetero, #Male

#BlackLivesMatter

#MiddleAged, #Balding, #Father, #Husband

#Pavement, #Stereolab, #Spiritualized, #ShoeGaze

Visual Information Seeking Mantra 🙌:

Overview first 📍, zoom and filter 🔎, then details-on-demand 🏷

I know of few papers that have aged so well (1996): "The eyes have it: a task by data type taxonomy for information visualizations" - Ben Shneiderman

#informationvisualization #ivis #shneidermanben #masterthesis #FernUniHagen

Hard to keep it focused, but here is a bit of a temporary #introduction:

I work in #research and #editing and I'm seeking similar or a junior position in #databases, data #analysis, or data support for an organization aligned with values promoting human rights and well-being, very broadly understood.

Relevant hashtags: #climatejustice #humanrights #climatecrisis #ecosystems #publichealth #informatics #healthcare #highered #medicine #infovis #informationvisualization #maps #graphs #diagrams

#introduction Hello! I'm glad to be here on this server now. I'm a #dataviz person but mostly relapsed. Trying to get back into it but real life obnubilates time, you know?

#MICA

#InformationVisualization

#spurs, #coys, #Tottenham, #TottenhamHotspur

#Pavement

#Baltimore, #CharmCity