Our first lab was to use an open source online tool called TimelineJS, which was developed by Northwestern University’s Knight Lab, to create a timeline around data relevant to the field of Info Vis.  TimelineJS is an adaptable template that allows you to populate a timeline with information formatted in a Google spreadsheet and then……

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History of Cartography Introduction This is the summary of a simple information visualization exercise conducted in class on the Knightlab Timeline, a tool that can help to visualize information in a interactive timeline format. The topic I wanted to focus on was specifically on the history of cartography, since I felt inspired by the information……

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Intro The timeline is a very common information visualization method, especially when we want to present the history of something or the process of some developments. In the last class, we have an in-class lab to create a timeline website by using a very efficient tool TimelineJS. My topic for this timeline lab is the……

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Introduction The topic chosen for the timeline is: “Charting the Rise of Data Visualization Popularity in Newspapers.” As the focus of our last class was on the history of data visualization, its development, and rise in popularity, I wanted to understand a subset of this chronology better, focusing on newspapers both in print and digital.……

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Introduction This is a simple visualization exercise on Verite Timeline, which is an online data visualization tool that can be easily used to create a web-based interactive timeline. The purpose of this exercise is to learn how to use Verite Timeline with a theme from the history of statistical graph or data visualization as the……

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Introduction When I traveled around New York City last year, I had to admit that the New York City subway has a brilliant system, which works 24 hours a day/7 days a week. Also, whenever I try to transfer from one route to another, the subway map is the best way to figure my way……

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https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/index.html?source=1TIyvd7xnrqoR_d8jVgfxkaeR0F4eUxewwnzW3KVS0Cc&font=Default&lang=en&initial_zoom=2&height=650 Introduction: Data visualization changed the way people used to think of data. It provided a more interesting and efficient method for viewers to quickly understand large sets of data. Despite of the accessibility caused by economic & social status, data used to be elite and exlusive because of the knowledge and training it required……

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Creating a timeline by TimelineJS was the first work I built for visualization. It was a pretty good beginning because of its simpleness and excellent delivery. I recommended it to some of my friends who is studying for a Ph.D. degree or working. They could definitely use it for their project report, effectively, logically and……

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https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/index.html?source=1rxnkLdbNudmVyb6KsO3njEGU1w-5Zglb4Sa2Ygf-3II&font=Default&lang=en&initial_zoom=2&height=650 Using TimelineJS, I was asked to create a timeline depicting the history of a visualization of my choice. It needed to include 5-10 events with a title, description, and media accompanying each event. I chose to depict the evolution of urban planning maps and diagrams using information and images from an article by City……

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TimelineJS offers a simple and straightforward platform for users to create interactive timelines online. In this project, TimelineJS was used to create a timeline of 7 maps that defined the course of world history. The purpose of the timeline is to highlight the fact that maps provide a subjective view of the world. They are……

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