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A comment on Treemap of World GDP by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) 2020.

Re:Treemap of World GDP by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) 2020 by xnx on Thursday March 28, 2024 @07:19AM (#39849770)
Aren't treemaps most useful when there's a hierarchical relationship. What's the structure here? Feels like a bar chart would have been better.
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Re:Treemap of World GDP by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) 2020 by xotesos on Thursday March 28, 2024 @08:05AM (#39850164)
Maybe more useful if hierarchical relationships exist but I just love treemaps in general. I love the way they can make the most of that given screen space. A bar chart would not be able to fit in that screen area because there has to be empty space in a bar chart.
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Re:Treemap of World GDP by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) 2020 by haneul on Thursday March 28, 2024 @07:33AM (#39849867)
Still good for proportionality. Would’ve been even cooler though with folders for EU, NATO, and other groups that I’m ignorant of. Spacesniffer-style.
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