Comments on: Trendmap on DailyRadar http://datavisualization.ch/showcases/trendmap-on-dailyradar/ Datavisualization.ch is the premier news and knowledge resource for data visualization and infographics. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Benjamin Wiederkehrhttp://datavisualization.ch/showcases/trendmap-on-dailyradar/comment-page-1/#comment-752 Benjamin Wiederkehr Wed, 06 May 2009 19:40:51 +0000 http://datavisualization.ch/?p=1685#comment-752 @Paul: You're completely right with the stacked area chart. The difference from a typical stacked area chart is the "floating" off the ground. <a href="http://www.leebyron.com/who/" rel="nofollow">Lee Byron</a>, who wrote a <a href="http://www.leebyron.com/else/streamgraph/" title="Stacked Graphs – Geometry & Aesthetics" rel="nofollow">paper</a> about this visualization method describes the visualization method as follows:<blockquote>The layout method is unique, dubbed a “Stream Graph,” it acts to have the least amount of distortion to the graph and is responsible for generating the elegant non-symmetrical curves.</blockquote>I hope this clearifies my misinterpretation and thanks again for the advice. @Paul: You’re completely right with the stacked area chart. The difference from a typical stacked area chart is the “floating” off the ground. Lee Byron, who wrote a paper about this visualization method describes the visualization method as follows:

The layout method is unique, dubbed a “Stream Graph,” it acts to have the least amount of distortion to the graph and is responsible for generating the elegant non-symmetrical curves.

I hope this clearifies my misinterpretation and thanks again for the advice.

]]> By: Wiederkehrhttp://datavisualization.ch/showcases/trendmap-on-dailyradar/comment-page-1/#comment-1943 Wiederkehr Wed, 06 May 2009 19:40:00 +0000 http://datavisualization.ch/?p=1685#comment-1943 @Paul: You're completely right with the stacked area chart. The difference from a typical stacked area chart is the "floating" off the ground. <a href="http://www.leebyron.com/who/" rel="nofollow">Lee Byron</a>, who wrote a <a href="http://www.leebyron.com/else/streamgraph/" title="Stacked Graphs – Geometry & Aesthetics" rel="nofollow">paper</a> about this visualization method describes the visualization method as follows:<blockquote>The layout method is unique, dubbed a “Stream Graph,” it acts to have the least amount of distortion to the graph and is responsible for generating the elegant non-symmetrical curves.</blockquote>I hope this clearifies my misinterpretation and thanks again for the advice. @Paul: You’re completely right with the stacked area chart. The difference from a typical stacked area chart is the “floating” off the ground. Lee Byron, who wrote a paper about this visualization method describes the visualization method as follows:

The layout method is unique, dubbed a “Stream Graph,” it acts to have the least amount of distortion to the graph and is responsible for generating the elegant non-symmetrical curves.

I hope this clearifies my misinterpretation and thanks again for the advice.

]]> By: Paulhttp://datavisualization.ch/showcases/trendmap-on-dailyradar/comment-page-1/#comment-748 Paul Wed, 06 May 2009 04:54:45 +0000 http://datavisualization.ch/?p=1685#comment-748 Isn't that just a stacked area graph (http://interface.fh-potsdam.de/infodesignpatterns/patterndetail.php?pattern=75) with Bézier curves? Makes no sense because it suggests there was some kind of flow in between… Nice color choice though. Isn’t that just a stacked area graph (http://interface.fh-potsdam.de/infodesignpatterns/patterndetail.php?pattern=75) with Bézier curves? Makes no sense because it suggests there was some kind of flow in between… Nice color choice though.

]]> By: Paulhttp://datavisualization.ch/showcases/trendmap-on-dailyradar/comment-page-1/#comment-1942 Paul Wed, 06 May 2009 04:54:00 +0000 http://datavisualization.ch/?p=1685#comment-1942 Isn't that just a stacked area graph (http://interface.fh-potsdam.de/infodesignpatterns/patterndetail.php?pattern=75) with Bézier curves? Makes no sense because it suggests there was some kind of flow in between… Nice color choice though. Isn’t that just a stacked area graph (http://interface.fh-potsdam.de/infodesignpatterns/patterndetail.php?pattern=75) with Bézier curves? Makes no sense because it suggests there was some kind of flow in between… Nice color choice though.

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