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Where would one start learning methods of data vis like this?
by amdlla 11y ago
Where would one start learning methods of data vis like this?
- aw3c2 11y agoThat is just each point plotted on a map. So, check out software that can make maps? QGIS is nice.
- minimaxir 11y agoYou don't even need dedicated mapping programs. It's just latitudes and longitudes, so any 2D plotting program would be sufficient (as long as the data can fit into memory!). I made this map awhile ago for Instagram photos using R/ggplot2: http://i.imgur.com/IvGox1f.png http://i.imgur.com/IvGox1f.png Although the country boundaries aren't strictly necessary. Since there appears to be a demand for generating these maps, I'll work on a tutorial for this NYC data set.
- misiti3780 11y agoyou didnt have to install anything but ggplot2 to build that. wanna share the source :)
- aw3c2 11y agoYou murdered Greenland .D
- myth_buster 11y agoApparently, they didn't plot it on the map but on a grid. The density of data gives the well defined contour; a clever hack!
- aw3c2 11y agoIt would look 99% the same if you just plotted the coordinates with some (smartly chosen) transparency