Polymer Studios :: Web Consulting » information http://polymerstudios.com Sun, 16 May 2010 02:09:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 Electoral College Prediction Tracker http://polymerstudios.com/2008/10/02/electoral-college-prediction-tracker/ http://polymerstudios.com/2008/10/02/electoral-college-prediction-tracker/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:28:33 +0000 Mark Dunst http://polymerstudios.com/blog/?p=220 This is a great little info viz widget. Width of columns corresponds to number of votes each state has. Rows correspond to the predictions of various media outlets. Even Fox News shows Obama ahead. Strange, NYT shows McCain ahead by quite a bit.

(Sorry the width of the widget doesn’t fit on our blog).

This is a great example of using visualization to give people an instant and intuitive understanding of the underlying data. Data should always be behind the scenes–invisible. When data is expressed in a graphical format, it creates meaning. Adding a layer of interaction–allowing people to manipulate, filter and make connections–lets them develop intrinsic understanding of a bigger idea.

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