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Why visual analytics?. Napoleon march to Moscow by Minard. Volkov , Napoleon’s Retreat. Supporting videos. http:// www.tableausoftware.com/resources/webinars/exploiting-human-visual-system. http://www.tableausoftware.com/resources / webinars/add-firepower-your-application.
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Why visual analytics? Napoleon march to Moscow by Minard
Supporting videos http://www.tableausoftware.com/resources/webinars/exploiting-human-visual-system http://www.tableausoftware.com/resources/ webinars/add-firepower-your-application
Humans are slow at mental math 34 X 72 ------------------
Humans are faster when they use the world 34 X 72 ------------------ 68 23180 ------------------ 2448
The human visual system is powerful How many 9s?
Visual processing is bi-directional Bottom-up: build patterns Top-down: directs and reinforces Features Patterns Objects Based on Information Visualization: Perception for Design, 2nd Ed, 2004 By Colin Ware
Lesson:There is no single view:iterate, explore, andexperiment