Lecture 5 - Grammar of Graphics & bqplot
We introduce the basics of bqplot & how it relates to grammar of graphics
Continuing interactivity with bqplot
Time to start talking about interactivity in more detail!
During class today, we will explore creating interactive visualizations using bqplot. For next week, we will discuss the taxonomy of interactive visualizations and how we can use that understanding to better guide our construction.
- Narrative Visualization by Segel and Heer
- Watch This: A Taxonomy for Dynamic Data Visualization by Cottam et al
- FiveThirtyEight Datasets
Resources
Optional Reading List
Lectures
Examples
Prep Notebook, Week 5 - (download)
Prep notebook for this week
Past Notebook: fall2019_examples_week05.ipynb - (download)
Past Notebook: spring2019_notes_week05_part1.ipynb - (download)
Past Notebook: spring2019_notes_week05_part2.ipynb - (download)
Python Libraries
Wealth of Nations Library (wealth_of_nations.py)
Python library, save to notebook folder or modify your path if you know how to do that
Data
The UFO Sitings Dataset (13Mb)
Data about world wide reports of UFO sitings
Measurments taken from around Lake Michigan
Wealth of Nations Data - nations.json
GDP of nations as a function of time