Comments on: Land Mass and Population by Country http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/13/land-mass-and-population-by-country/ Strength in Numbers Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:35:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Infographic eye candy roundup : Lauren Rae Orsini http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/13/land-mass-and-population-by-country/#comment-37120 Infographic eye candy roundup : Lauren Rae Orsini Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:01:38 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=3805#comment-37120 [...] Infographic to check out first: Land Mass and Population by Country. [...] [...] Infographic to check out first: Land Mass and Population by Country. [...]

]]> By: natalie http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/13/land-mass-and-population-by-country/#comment-36174 natalie Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:30:19 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=3805#comment-36174 agreed. best to align on an edge, in order of relative values (either population or area, but NOT centered randomly). How about arrange in order of decreasing area along one line, then repeat the series along another line above the first, in order of increasing population, centered on at least one record point. agreed. best to align on an edge, in order of relative values (either population or area, but NOT centered randomly). How about arrange in order of decreasing area along one line, then repeat the series along another line above the first, in order of increasing population, centered on at least one record point.

]]> By: Nathan Yau http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/13/land-mass-and-population-by-country/#comment-35816 Nathan Yau Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:04:22 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=3805#comment-35816 graphics made completely for the digg crowd. graphics made completely for the digg crowd.

]]> By: Jon Peltier http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/13/land-mass-and-population-by-country/#comment-35806 Jon Peltier Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:30:27 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=3805#comment-35806 Eye-catching and ineffective, like so many other info visualizations. Bubbles, we've beaten to death the problems with encoding values using area. Why the recent infatuation with ten foot tall (sorry, that's ten meters for you non-USians) graphics. By the time I scroll down a screen, I've already conveniently forgotten what I saw a moment ago. To actually display the data, a bar chart or dot plot would work best. Or maybe two, one sorted by area, the other by population. Throw in a third with population density, just for fun. Make one yellow, another orange, and the third the color of bacon. Eye-catching and ineffective, like so many other info visualizations.

Bubbles, we’ve beaten to death the problems with encoding values using area.

Why the recent infatuation with ten foot tall (sorry, that’s ten meters for you non-USians) graphics. By the time I scroll down a screen, I’ve already conveniently forgotten what I saw a moment ago.

To actually display the data, a bar chart or dot plot would work best. Or maybe two, one sorted by area, the other by population. Throw in a third with population density, just for fun. Make one yellow, another orange, and the third the color of bacon.

]]> By: STNDE | LAND MASS | 人口密度をビジュアライズ http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/13/land-mass-and-population-by-country/#comment-35721 STNDE | LAND MASS | 人口密度をビジュアライズ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:53:38 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=3805#comment-35721 [...] Flowing Dataでもこの”目玉焼きの風”が話題になっており、コメント欄を見るとベーコンネタが上がってたりして面白いです。 Tags: Herald Daily [...] [...] Flowing Dataでもこの”目玉焼きの風”が話題になっており、コメント欄を見るとベーコンネタが上がってたりして面白いです。 Tags: Herald Daily [...]

]]> By: Jeff http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/13/land-mass-and-population-by-country/#comment-35719 Jeff Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:42:34 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=3805#comment-35719 I'm not sure what story this tells. Should the countries with lot's of land start spreading their population out? India is the only one that is interesting at all. I’m not sure what story this tells. Should the countries with lot’s of land start spreading their population out? India is the only one that is interesting at all.

]]> By: David http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/13/land-mass-and-population-by-country/#comment-35695 David Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:07:55 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=3805#comment-35695 I think using a global elevation data set and calculating slope might get an estimate of livable land, presuming people can't build on a certain percent slope. Not entirely accurate but a good starting point. Also taking out all the water bodies would be another way to remove land that isn't usable. Just some thoughts. I think using a global elevation data set and calculating slope might get an estimate of livable land, presuming people can’t build on a certain percent slope. Not entirely accurate but a good starting point. Also taking out all the water bodies would be another way to remove land that isn’t usable.

Just some thoughts.

]]> By: hazy http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/13/land-mass-and-population-by-country/#comment-35681 hazy Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:41:52 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=3805#comment-35681 india looks yummy india looks yummy

]]> By: grumpycow http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/13/land-mass-and-population-by-country/#comment-35666 grumpycow Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:22:19 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=3805#comment-35666 I agree, the "land per person" comparison would make this a whole lot more useful. It's kind of meaningless to compare people and sq km without knowing what the relationship is between the two. The question that springs to my mind is something like "is China full yet?" The graphic doesn't answer that I agree, the “land per person” comparison would make this a whole lot more useful. It’s kind of meaningless to compare people and sq km without knowing what the relationship is between the two. The question that springs to my mind is something like “is China full yet?” The graphic doesn’t answer that

]]> By: Gavin Kistner http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/13/land-mass-and-population-by-country/#comment-35665 Gavin Kistner Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:35:13 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=3805#comment-35665 Came here to say this. Graphs using full circles for area to compare values always fail (for me, anyhow). I think most humans are bad at properly comparing the area of two circles, because you can't visually pack circle in the other and see the remainder as a single circle. Look at India above, for example, where it appears that the outer circle has about twice the radius of the inner. Can you tell me that you can see that three of those inner orange circles could be put in the remaining whitespace? And then there's the confusion of whether it's the area or radius being used for comparison. Came here to say this. Graphs using full circles for area to compare values always fail (for me, anyhow). I think most humans are bad at properly comparing the area of two circles, because you can’t visually pack circle in the other and see the remainder as a single circle.

Look at India above, for example, where it appears that the outer circle has about twice the radius of the inner. Can you tell me that you can see that three of those inner orange circles could be put in the remaining whitespace?

And then there’s the confusion of whether it’s the area or radius being used for comparison.

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