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91C H A P T E R S I XFlight Patterns: A Deep DiveAaron Koblin with Valdean KlumpTHERE ARE ROADS IN THE SKY. We can’t see them, but they are there: d

92BEAUTIFUL VISUALIZATIONFigure 6-1. Flight Patterns, a visualization of aircraft location data for airplanes arriving at and departing from U.S. and

93CHAPTER 6: FLIGHT PATTERNS: A DEEP DIVEFigure 6-2. Closeup of a section of Figure 6-1 that reflects what I expected to find throughout the data: fli

94BEAUTIFUL VISUALIZATIONThe second striking feature of Flight Patterns is that it allows us to visualize the vast-ness of the U.S. and Canadian air t

95CHAPTER 6: FLIGHT PATTERNS: A DEEP DIVE• Latitude• Longitude• Altitude• Aircraft manufacturer• Aircraft model• Timestamp• Flight numberIf you

96BEAUTIFUL VISUALIZATIONFigure 6-5. A closeup on the Atlanta airport, clearly showing the layout of the runways (again, color indicates altitude)Figu

97CHAPTER 6: FLIGHT PATTERNS: A DEEP DIVEFigure 6-7. A map of a single aircraft model, showing only flights on Embraer ERJ 145 regional jetsFigure 6-8

98BEAUTIFUL VISUALIZATIONFigure 6-9. In this map, separate colors show takeoffs and landings: orange indicates a descending plane and blue indicates a

99CHAPTER 6: FLIGHT PATTERNS: A DEEP DIVEFigure 6-11. At 4:10 p.m. EST, we see a very different story: at this moment, air traffic peaks with 19,255 p

100BEAUTIFUL VISUALIZATIONFigure 6-12. Flight paths over the north Atlantic show some anomalies in the dataIf you look carefully at the visualization,

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101CHAPTER 6: FLIGHT PATTERNS: A DEEP DIVEEvery time you work with large, organic datasets, you will find errors and anomalies, and I think it’s impor

Finally, I find Flight Patterns compelling because it is comforting. This is perhaps a strange emotion to associate with a map, but by showing the ord

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vC O N T E N T SPreface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi1 On Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

viCONTENTS5 Mapping Information: Redesigning the New York City Subway Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Eddie Jabbour, as

viiCONTENTS9 The Big Picture: Search and Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . 143Todd HollowayThe Visualization Technique 144YELLOWPAGES.COM 144The Net

viiiCONTENTS13 The Design of “X by Y” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205Moritz StefanerBriefing and Conceptual Directions 205Understanding

ixCONTENTS16 A Day in the Life of the New York Times . . . . . . . . . . 271Michael Young and Nick BiltonCollecting Some Data 272Let’s Clean ’Em Fi

xCONTENTS19 Animation for Visualization: Opportunities and Drawbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329Danyel FisherPrinciples of Animation 330An