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6 Mistakes That Will Ruin Your Infographic

Infographics can make any complex information understandable - this is approximately the view of many of its customers and creators. But confused or incorrectly composed infographics in interactive dashboard service  only interfere with the perception of the material and scare readers away - in this case, you get anti-advertising for your own money. Here are examples of mistakes that infographic authors make while providing interactive dashboard service .   A card that needs 3 more cards to read      To  understand something from this infographic, you first need to look at 3 maps in the left corner and remember what three shades indicate the region of interest to you. And then lay these colors on top of each other. True, the scheme does not explain all the combinations of colors, so you have to dilute the colors in a jar to find out what the mixture of pink and blue looks like. Then you remember the new color and look for it on the big map. And then you will know the indicato

15 Data Visualization tips you need to know to make Effective Charts

There are many great resources available that offer tips on effective design for data visualization. But who has time to search various articles, websites, and research articles for useful tricks and hidden gems? We want to help you create great graphics right now, so we've put together this list of quick tips for you to consider when creating your next presentation. 15 quick data visualization tips 1. Before you start designing your board, stop to think about your story. What are you trying to say? Once you understand your message, the process is much easier. 2. Keep it simple. If it doesn't support your story, leave it out. You don't want to saturate your boxes with unnecessary text, colors, drop shadows, or 3D images. 3. Give your painting a strong title that clearly frames your message. Great titles make graphics more memorable and helpful. 4. Scale your board appropriately. Always take care that the scale you use on each axis must have equal inter

Why Use Data Visualization in Communication

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Today all companies have data. The term Big data is already mastered in most companies and they know the importance of collecting information. However, the main flaw that makes it impossible to extract the full potential of the data comes right after it is collected: analysis. And is that the real challenge of Big data is in the interpretation of data. To facilitate this process and to be able to display the information in a simple and understandable way, data visualization tools have been created. These tools collect all the company's databases and display them on a single platform, allowing the team to carry out a cross-sectional analysis. To extract knowledge and transmit messages with the data, we need to have a good data visualization tool that supports and facilitates our analysis. What Does A Data Visualization Tool Do? To understand in a simpler way how a data visualization tool works, we will explain it: We have a platform where all kinds of

The Heat Map that reveals how Google watches you: it knows where you have been every day

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Using Google's terrifying location history data visualization, able to tell you exactly where you've been every day, a developer in the US creates a tool to visualize your movements on a terrifying heat map.  Google maps watches over you. With your permission, those of Mountain View use your smartphone to control each and every one of your steps. For what? Well, initially to introduce you to you later in a terrifying location history. You can check it here and, if you haven't seen it until now, you're going to be scared: Google knows exactly where you've been. Now, an American developer has created a tool to visualize all that data in a different way.  Specifically, with a heat map that would replace the lines of your routes that Google puts on the map.The platform uses the data from your history, but rest assured, your locations do not leave your computer, which is where the heat map is actually created. To create your own heat map with this