I decided to have a look at more examples of dashboards, to give me more an idea what makes a good visualisation.
This is regarded as one of the “best statistical drawings ever created.” Without the application of graphical excellence, it wouldn’t have been impossible to create a visualisation with lots of information.
Shows the number of Napolen’s troops by location, the temperature and the path to and from Moscow.
This map illustrates the journey of troops by using thicker lines for solider number and the colour showing direction. The temperature line graph vividly showcases the severe decline in winter temperatures. I really admire how they skilfully captured the devastation of the expedition at this time.
They wanted to investigate the reasoning behind the higher death rates in specific areas. This revealed that the households worst effected all were drinking the contaminated water.
It allowed to establish a link between illness and the water sources, to implement sewage systems and measure to safeguard wells from contamination preventing outbreaks.
Shows the location of London’s public wells and cholera deaths using stacked bars perpendicular to their location.
This was a clever way to display data in the form a map while also showing the findings from this. By showing the information using a map, gives the user a clear understanding of what’s being displayed.
In this graphic, we can see a detailed depiction of the daily habits, rituals, pursuits, and priorities of iconic famous people.
So far, this visualisation is the most relevant for my project. The simple colour-coded bar chart makes it really easy to understand and informative for the audience. In my opinion, this type of chart is very effective for trying to display data in a user-friendly way. I want to experiment this in my own dashboard.