Comments on: Data Visualized as City Lights at Night

By: Dynamic Diagrams : Information Design Watch : Information is Light

Dynamic Diagrams : Information Design Watch : Information is Light — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:20:42 +0000

[...] Inspired by the view from a plane, data visualization engineer Doug McCune began thinking of visuali…. His images, mostly of San Francisco, present various crime and city planning datasets. For example, the image below shows all the tress planted by the city of San Francisco since 1990: [...]

By: Rossington Architecture

Rossington Architecture — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:16:39 +0000

[...] been playing with different ways of representing data (see my previous night lights example) and I decided to venture into 3D representations. I’ve used a full year of crime data for San [...]

By: Warren Ellis » 3D Crime Maps

Warren Ellis » 3D Crime Maps — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:24:59 +0000

[...] been playing with different ways of representing data (see my previous night lights example) and I decided to venture into 3D representations. I’ve used a full year of crime data for [...]

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:10:47 +0000

Can you do this for San Jose, CA? Thanks either way.

By: David

David — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:38:37 +0000

I’m with Kari, but I’d go further, it’s visualizations of data of REPORTS of crimes, and/or arrests, not CRIME DATA. As I just posted over on the new (beautiful) “elevation” visualizations, the difference is HUGE. Glad Kari went into explaining some of the MANY reasons they are not the same thing. Thanks again,

By: davidrenz.com » Elevated crime (data)

davidrenz.com » Elevated crime (data) — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:08:59 +0000

[...] You can see that posting here: http://dougmccune.com/blog/2009/12/30/data-visualized-as-city-lights-at-night/ [...]

By: Kari

Kari — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 05:10:32 +0000

BTW, this is visualization of DATA about crime, not crime itself. Sorry to be so pedantic, but you may want to qualify your descriptions to make them a little more accurate. I think that some neighborhoods may not have a culture of reporting crime or may not have enough law enforcement agency presence to accurately measure crime.

By: If San Francisco Crime was Elevation | Doug McCune

If San Francisco Crime was Elevation | Doug McCune — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 22:32:52 +0000

[...] been playing with different ways of representing data (see my previous night lights example) and I decided to venture into 3D representations. I’ve used a full year of crime data for [...]

By: Nicole Atkins – Neptune City | Cat Walk Diet

Nicole Atkins – Neptune City | Cat Walk Diet — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:26:07 +0000

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By: Data Warehouse And Its Applications In Agriculture | TRANSNATIC.com

Data Warehouse And Its Applications In Agriculture | TRANSNATIC.com — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:51:38 +0000

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