1. Making data more understandable through visualizations

2. The beauty of cross tabs
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3. Different tools for different users
Tourists
Farmers
Miners
Different tools for different tasks
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4. The population pyramid
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5. Making Data Meaningful, Part 2 A guide to presenting statistics
Best Practices
UNECE
Making Data Meaningful, Part 2
A guide to presenting statistics
Chapter 2: Visualization of statistics

6. The pyramid can’t capture time
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7. Interactive maps
If “a picture is worth a thousand words”, then “a map is worth a thousand numbers” UNECE, 2009
Respect general principles of map design
Texts (title, legend, footnotes): accurate, use key words, keep it simple
Colour scheme IS important

8. Journeys – Visualisation through SVG
ONS:
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9. Migration using HTML5
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10. Showing your data on Google maps
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11. Showing your data on Google maps
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12. eXplorer- OECD / NComVA

13. Story telling through maps
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14. Names – Best practices Sparkline Name Cloud
However I would like to give on example of best practices. All or Nearly all NSI’s have lists the most popular names in their area.
And in a way I should not give preference to

15. Flash became a standard Programmers hoped SVG would be a standard
Platform challenges
PDF was a problem
Flash became a standard
Programmers hoped SVG would be a standard
Silverlight died
HTML 5 is the way forward
works with tablets and mobile phones
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16. Different technics for presenting maps
Image based (e.g. GIF maps from Shape files)
Flash
SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)
KML (for Google- maps or Earth)
WMS (Web Map Services) …
What should we choose?

17. Pros and Cons ... Shape/GIF SVG Flash KML (Maps) KML (Earth)
Shape/GIF
SVG
Flash
KML (Maps)
KML (Earth)
Load speed
Fast
Slow
Plug-ins needed? No
Yes
Copy/Paste support
Not by default
Dynamic effects
Visual appearance
Standard
Very nice
Nice
Implementation
Easy
Not so easy
External services required