Animated Information Transitions

Sasaki's Understanding Homelessness is a rattling impressive information visualization. What makes it thus impressive is the means it picks out too explains about of the of import stories almost homelessness inwards the United States of America hidden inwards the data. One of the top dog ways that it explores too explains the information is through the purpose of animated transitions betwixt dissimilar types of information visualization. For example, if y'all switch betwixt the 'map' too 'table' visualizations too then the dots (each 1 representing v homeless people) truly wing off the map too rearrange themselves into a table.

To create these animated information transitions Sasaki developed their ain information visualization library called Continuity. At the 2nd Sasaki isn't providing much back upward for using Continuity only they practice country that they are "are working to document too free to a greater extent than components too examples" of Continuity.

Before these components too documentation are released y'all tin flame run across Continuity inwards activeness on the Understanding Homelessness map too on Imagine Boston. The Imagine Boston map visualizes a hit of demographic, carry too other information almost Boston. It uses the Continuity information visualization library to explore too visualize this data. As amongst the Understanding Homelessness map animated transitions betwixt dissimilar types of visualizations are used to tending explicate about of the stories revealed yesteryear the Boston data. Particularly impressive is the racial population information too how y'all tin flame click on the dissimilar races inwards the racial breakdown tabular array to add together that specific demographic to the interactive map.