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I wonder if a "tree" would be a better visualization methods for visualization methods

• kevindamm 3y ago
  Even a Venn diagram would be better than a periodic table.
• bryanrasmussen 3y ago
  maybe some sort of directed graph. for example one thing I might want to have to describe visualization methods would be what graphical elements would be important to it. In the case of the periodic table an important graphical element would be color (the color used carries date), an unimportant one would be typography. this is obviously just thinking aloud here. perhaps also some visualization methods would benefit by reference to their creators. sparklines for example. So it seems to me a graph of some sort would be useful.
  • 0thgen 3y ago
    well I think there's a natural hierarchy that emerges from the examples given in the periodic table link. Spatial: line graphs, scatterplots, and even barplots and pie charts(1-dimensional space). Id throw spectogram and anything with time in there as well. Geographic: maps (this could be a subset of spatial) Graphical: graphs, mind-maps, flow charts, all the other graphs-like charts from the examples Visual Metaphors: those weird examples of they give of steps and a bridge, a slide, etc Those 4 categories alone capture all the examples from the webpage, and there are plenty of subcategories within them. So to me a hierarchy / tree seems like a good choice, which is essentially a directed graph (like you suggested)