What Does it Take To Do Visualisation Well?
Jinfo Article
24th March 2015
By Andrew Lucas
Abstract
Andrew Lucas considers how to make information visible and provides guidance on what it takes to do visualisation well. He also take a step-by-step approach to how you go about using visualisation tools (many of which are free) to turn data into graphics such as maps, charts, timelines and infographics. The visualisation features of products such as Tableau Software and NewsEdge are considered. He also highlights some of the free web data sources.
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