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Data Visualization Steve Marschner Cornell CS 322 unless noted, images are from our supplementary textbook: Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 1 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 2 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 3 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 4

E. Halley. Map illustrating trade winds. 1686 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 5 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 6 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 7 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 8

[from Tufte, Visual Explanations ] [NASA] Space Shuttle mission STS-51-L, about 75 sec. after liftoff. 1986 data presented by rocket’s manufacturer to argue for canceling the launch. Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 9 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 10 [from Tufte, Visual Explanations ] [from Tufte, Visual Explanations ] data presented by rocket’s manufacturer to argue for canceling the launch. Tufte’s more convincing re-presentation of the same data. 1997 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 11 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 12

J.H. Lambert. Soil temperature over time at various depths. 1779 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 13 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 14 E.J. Marey. Train schedule for Paris–Lyon line. 1885 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 15 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 16

ABC: temperature over time evaporation rate DEF: height of water over time vs. temperature J.H. Lambert: influence of temperature on evaporation. 1769 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 17 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 18 C.Y. Ho et al. Review of thermal conductivity data. 1974 P. McCracken et al. Phillips curves. 1977 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 19 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 20

J. Hjort. Age composition of herring catches. 1914 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 21 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 22 H.S. Shyrock & J.S. Siegel. Rendering of French government population data. 1973 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 23 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 24

Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 25 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 26 AKG Acoustics. Performance data for C451B microphone. 1973 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 27 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 28

[from Tufte, Visual Explanations ] [from Tufte, Visual Explanations ] International Hydrographic Organization, 1984 International Hydrographic Organization, 1984 (as deliberately corrupted by Tufte) Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 29 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 30 P. Irawan & S. Marschner. Scattering data for polyester cloth. 2007 P. Irawan & S. Marschner. Scattering data for polyester cloth. 2007 (Matlab default colormap) (increasing value colormap) Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 31 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 32

New York Times. 1976 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 33 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 34 E. R. Tufte. Fair presentation of the same data. 1983 Day Mines, Inc. 1974 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 35 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 36

Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 37 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 38 R. Hayward. From L. Pauling, General Chemistry . 1947 as modified by Tufte Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 39 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 40

Tufte’s proposal for range frames Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 41 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 42 Los Angeles Times / G.J. McRae. 1979 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 43 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 44

Consumer Reports. Display of historical automobile reliability data. 1982 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 45 Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 46 S.R. Marschner. Presentation of fiber scattering data using default MATLAB plots. 2002 S.R. Marschner. Re-presentation using polar coordinates and small multiples. 2003 (thanks to François Guimbreti è re) Marschner, Jensen, Cammarano, Worley, and Hanrahan. “Light Scattering from Human Hair Fibers,” SIGGRAPH 2003 . Cornell CS 322 Data Visualization 47