Display of One Dimensional Distributions
August 22, 2003 | Andrew Nicholls
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One feature of note is the ‘crows feet’ at the right of a line to indicate that there is more than one data point on that line.
The printed article shows the ‘fuzzy’ lines as solid. It is obviously an artifact of the conversion to web format.
This is an extraordinary example.
More to come, including a sparkline redesign next week.
Moving from a 1 Dimensional to a 2 Dimensional distribution
“All Streets consists of 240 million individual road segments. No other features — no outlines, cities, or types of terrain — are marked, yet canyons and mountains emerge as the roads course around them, and sparser webs of road mark less populated areas. ”
http://fathom.info/allstreets/
For context, this illustration is taken from Brian Hayes, The Spectrum of Riemannium, American Scientist, Volume 91, Number 4 (July-August, 2003), pages 296-300