{"id":2682,"date":"2020-12-23T22:22:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T06:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/?post_type=tva_lesson&#038;p=2682"},"modified":"2020-12-23T23:04:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T07:04:06","slug":"selecting-the-right-visual-spatial","status":"publish","type":"tva_lesson","link":"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/course\/selecting-the-right-visual-spatial\/","title":{"rendered":"Selecting the Right Visual: Spatial"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Types of Visuals<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<h3>Proportional Symbol Map<\/h3>\n<p><span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2763\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/selecting-the-right-visual-v6a-69\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-69-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-69\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-69-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-69-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2763\" width=\"749\" data-init-width=\"1024\" height=\"421\" data-init-height=\"576\" title=\"Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-69\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-69-1024x576.jpg?resize=749%2C421&#038;ssl=1\" data-width=\"749\" data-height=\"421\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-69-1024x576.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2763\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/selecting-the-right-visual-v6a-69\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-69-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-69\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-69-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-69-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2763\" width=\"749\" data-init-width=\"1024\" height=\"421\" data-init-height=\"576\" title=\"Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-69\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-69.jpg?resize=749%2C421&#038;ssl=1\" data-width=\"749\" data-height=\"421\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Intention:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Display quantitative values as proportionally sized marks in spatial regions<\/li>\n<li>If you want to show clusters of information in a geographical area<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Considerations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp; Need to consider what numbers to show on this visualization as some can skew interpretation<\/li>\n<li>Consider deferring to &#8220;per capita&#8221; measures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Filled\/ Chloropleth Map<\/h3>\n<p><span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2764\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/selecting-the-right-visual-v6a-70\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-70-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-70\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-70-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-70-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2764\" width=\"749\" data-init-width=\"1024\" height=\"421\" data-init-height=\"576\" title=\"Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-70\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-70-1024x576.jpg?resize=749%2C421&#038;ssl=1\" data-width=\"749\" data-height=\"421\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-70-1024x576.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2764\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/selecting-the-right-visual-v6a-70\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-70-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-70\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-70-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-70-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2764\" width=\"749\" data-init-width=\"1024\" height=\"421\" data-init-height=\"576\" title=\"Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-70\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-70.jpg?resize=749%2C421&#038;ssl=1\" data-width=\"749\" data-height=\"421\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Intention:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Display quantitative values in spatial regions<\/li>\n<li>Clearly see geographical boundaries for the displayed data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Considerations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You may lose sight of actual clusters of data points within the geographical boundaries<\/li>\n<li>Same concerned as with the symbol map<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Density\/ Heat Map<\/h3>\n<p><span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2765\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/selecting-the-right-visual-v6a-71\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-71-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-71\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-71-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-71-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2765\" width=\"749\" data-init-width=\"1024\" height=\"421\" data-init-height=\"576\" title=\"Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-71\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-71-1024x576.jpg?resize=749%2C421&#038;ssl=1\" data-width=\"749\" data-height=\"421\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-71-1024x576.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2765\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/selecting-the-right-visual-v6a-71\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-71-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-71\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-71-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-71-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2765\" width=\"749\" data-init-width=\"1024\" height=\"421\" data-init-height=\"576\" title=\"Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-71\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-71.jpg?resize=749%2C421&#038;ssl=1\" data-width=\"749\" data-height=\"421\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Intention:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Highlight which locations have denser clusters of points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Considerations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spatial boundaries don&#8217;t confine the color<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Flow\/ Path Map<\/h3>\n<p><span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2766\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/selecting-the-right-visual-v6a-72\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-72-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-72\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-72-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-72-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2766\" width=\"749\" data-init-width=\"1024\" height=\"421\" data-init-height=\"576\" title=\"Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-72\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lightsondata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Selecting-the-Right-Visual-V6a-72.jpg?resize=749%2C421&#038;ssl=1\" data-width=\"749\" data-height=\"421\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Intention:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Highlight directional spatial activities (origin to destination)<\/li>\n<li>Visualize spatial connection<\/li>\n<li>Highlight directional spatial activities over time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Considerations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The audience should be familiar with the geographical location(s) you are using; if not, supplement with additional graphs or details<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/projects.flowingdata.com\/walmart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" style=\"outline: none;\">The growth of Walmart and Sam&#8217;s Club<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carto.com\/blog\/popular-thematic-map-types-techniques-spatial-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" style=\"outline: none;\">GPS data over a 24 hour period for a subset of cars using a navigation system in the city of Berlin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/profile\/tableau.docs.team?_fsi=GW8C0Vxa#!\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tableau&#8217;s West Pacific storm path<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-2682","tva_lesson","type-tva_lesson","status-publish","hentry","tva_courses-data-visualization-for-data-storytelling","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LightsOnData<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/course\/selecting-the-right-visual-spatial\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta 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