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The model description doesn't label axes. The biggest faux-pas in data visualization, so let's fix it: X: Days between October 1951 to April 1954. Y: City-wid
by gillesjacobs 6y ago
The model description doesn't label axes. The biggest faux-pas in data visualization, so let's fix it:
X: Days between October 1951 to April 1954.
Y: City-wide electricity consumption (Megawatt-hours (?)) in increments of 5MWh.
Z: Half-hours in day.
Additional info on daily card:
- sunrise-sunset time.
- several fields for weather information.
- illumination.
- free form "notable events" annotated on card.
Unbelievable someone cut these cards by hand in half-hour, 5MWh increments. Together with keeping track of notable events related to electricity consumption, some administrator filled a full-time job generating this data.
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- eurusdac 6y agoI doubt it was a full-time job. Cutting out one card does not take a whole day.
- MayeulC 6y agoYou did not label your axes either :) In your left-handed (?) coordinate system, Y is up, and X is right. Another labeling comes more naturally to me: a right-handed coordinate system where Z is up. That swaps Z and Y relatives to yours (thus changes handedness), and left me really puzzled over your labels.
- gillesjacobs 6y agoOf course, you're right, right-hand axes labels are more common. A good example of the problems we get into it when axes aren't labelled on the original visualization.