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Data Visualization

Steve Marschner

Cornell CS 322

unless noted, images are from our supplementary textbook:Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

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E. Halley. Map illustrating trade winds. 1686

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Space Shuttle mission STS-51-L, about 75 sec. after liftoff. 1986

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data presented by rocket’s manufacturer to argue for canceling the launch.

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data presented by rocket’s manufacturer to argue for canceling the launch.

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Tufte’s more convincing re-presentation of the same data. 1997

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J.H. Lambert. Soil temperature over time at various depths. 1779

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E.J. Marey. Train schedule for Paris–Lyon line. 1885

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ABC: temperature over timeDEF: height of water over time

evaporation rate vs. temperature

J.H. Lambert: influence of temperature on evaporation. 1769

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C.Y. Ho et al. Review of thermal conductivity data. 1974

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P. McCracken et al. Phillips curves. 1977

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J. Hjort. Age composition of herring catches. 1914

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H.S. Shyrock & J.S. Siegel. Rendering of French government population data. 1973

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AKG Acoustics. Performance data for C451B microphone. 1973

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International Hydrographic Organization, 1984(as deliberately corrupted by Tufte)

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International Hydrographic Organization, 1984

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P. Irawan & S. Marschner. Scattering data for polyester cloth. 2007(Matlab default colormap)

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P. Irawan & S. Marschner. Scattering data for polyester cloth. 2007(increasing value colormap)

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New York Times. 1976

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E. R. Tufte. Fair presentation of the same data. 1983

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Day Mines, Inc. 1974

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R. Hayward. From L. Pauling, General Chemistry. 1947

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as modified by Tufte

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Tufte’s proposal for range frames

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Los Angeles Times / G.J. McRae. 1979

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Consumer Reports. Display of historical automobile reliability data. 1982

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S.R. Marschner. Presentation of fiber scattering data using default MATLAB plots. 2002

S.R. Marschner. Re-presentation using polar coordinates and small multiples. 2003(thanks to François Guimbretière)

Marschner, Jensen, Cammarano, Worley, and Hanrahan. “Light Scattering from Human Hair Fibers,” SIGGRAPH 2003.