{"id":1412,"date":"2017-03-18T18:42:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T18:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/?p=1412"},"modified":"2017-03-18T18:42:48","modified_gmt":"2017-03-18T18:42:48","slug":"when-subwaytube-map-meets-data-visualization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/2017\/03\/18\/when-subwaytube-map-meets-data-visualization\/","title":{"rendered":"When subway\/tube map meets data visualization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the last blog posting I wanted to know how many types of visualization are out there and when to use them in different occasion.<\/p>\n<p>By searching Internet I got to know that most of visualization <a href=\"http:\/\/guides.library.duke.edu\/datavis\/vis_types\">fall into categories<\/a> like 1D\/Linear, 2D\/ Planar, 3D\/Volumetric, nD\/Multidimensional, Tree\/Hierarchical and network.<\/p>\n<p>What got my attention most was<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lgimages.s3.amazonaws.com\/data\/imagemanager\/62927\/flickr_phploveme_2957594315.png\"> subway\/tube map<\/a><\/strong> under network category. At first glance I thought it was just for subway transportation but turned out it was for network visualization.<\/p>\n<p>The subway\/tube map <strong>connects different tasks into one network<\/strong>. In the MAP of All YAHOO! APIs and SERVICES we can see there are clear lines of tasks but each line networks with other lines of take. The network visualization <strong>clearly defines line of tasks with distinguished color<\/strong>. Readers can follow a particular\u00a0line of task that they want to focus. Each \u201cstation\u201d <strong>has it\u2019s own name and unique symbols<\/strong>. Readers don\u2019t need to read the words\/ terms but can easily tell what\u2019s the task\/function on the particular spot. There\u2019s also <strong>a clear light background grid<\/strong> organizes the tube map in a restricted lines, so it helps readers eye balance with their memory.<\/p>\n<p>When subway\/tube map meets data visualization it creates unique and strongly organized network visualization.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Reference<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lgimages.s3.amazonaws.com\/data\/imagemanager\/62927\/flickr_phploveme_2957594315.png\">http:\/\/lgimages.s3.amazonaws.com\/data\/imagemanager\/62927\/flickr_phploveme_2957594315.png<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/guides.library.duke.edu\/datavis\/vis_types\">http:\/\/guides.library.duke.edu\/datavis\/vis_types<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tfl.gov.uk\/corporate\/about-tfl\/culture-and-heritage\/art-and-design\/harry-becks-tube-map\">https:\/\/tfl.gov.uk\/corporate\/about-tfl\/culture-and-heritage\/art-and-design\/harry-becks-tube-map<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the last blog posting I wanted to know how many types of visualization are out there and when to use them in different occasion. By searching Internet I got to know that most of visualization fall into categories like 1D\/Linear, 2D\/ Planar, 3D\/Volumetric, nD\/Multidimensional, Tree\/Hierarchical and network. What got my attention most was subway\/tube &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/2017\/03\/18\/when-subwaytube-map-meets-data-visualization\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">When subway\/tube map meets data visualization<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1821,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","kk_blocks_editor_width":"","_kiokenblocks_attr":"","_kiokenblocks_dimensions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"gutentor_comment":0,"qubely_featured_image_url":null,"qubely_author":{"display_name":"suelan","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/author\/suelan\/"},"qubely_comment":0,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/dataviz\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"For the last blog posting I wanted to know how many types of visualization are out there and when to use them in different occasion. By searching Internet I got to know that most of visualization fall into categories like 1D\/Linear, 2D\/ Planar, 3D\/Volumetric, nD\/Multidimensional, Tree\/Hierarchical and network. 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