Week 4 - Animated Data Visualization

Beautiful Visualization, Chapter 19, Danyel Fisher – Julie Steele & Noah Illinsky

What is Animation?

Series of images presented in rapid succession.

Visual changes between single frames.

Viewer is constructing the phenomena in their mind.

Purpose of Animation

Allows analysis of multiple dimensions at once

Viewer controls the information flow

Mechanism for identification of trends and anomalies

Allows for dynamic changes with variable mapping

Linear Animation of Bars