Re:Misinterpreting hurricane forecasts
by krebby on Thursday August 29, 2019 @04:53PM
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IMO this chart still doesn't adequately explain the data. That color scale reads to me like storm intensity.
The crux of the problem is that visualizing uncertainty is hard (remember the NYT 2016 election needles?) especially in a geospatial context where screen X and Y are meaningful. Animation can certainly help but interaction is even better.
The crux of the problem is that visualizing uncertainty is hard (remember the NYT 2016 election needles?) especially in a geospatial context where screen X and Y are meaningful. Animation can certainly help but interaction is even better.