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How many books would you have to read to get a clear picture of modern world history? Something that complex is best explained visually. This presentation goes though the process of how we visualized relationships between world powers by creating a dynamic interactive network graph. Data Visualization talk given at Sharatoga Tech Talks in September 2014.
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Data VisualizationA different map of history
What is “Data Visualization”A different way to communicate or interact with information.
Organization of informationArt out of informationBetter communication of information
Periodic Table
http://www.opte.org/
http://www.bloomberg.com/visual-data/state-by-state
Visualizing History
ObjectiveHow many books would you have to read to understand the big picture of world history?
Goal:Visualize world history from 1900 - 2012
ObserveCorrelates of War
“...to facilitate the collection, dissemination, and use of accurate and reliable quantitative data in international relations.”
Available dataTrade, conflicts, alliances, religion, IGOs...
DataState 1 State 2 Alliance Year
Russia France entente 1827
… For every alliance, in every year
~70,000 alliances in total over 196 years
VisualizationState 1 State 2 Alliance Year
Russia France entente 1827
Russia United Kingdom entente 1827
France United Kingdom entente 1827
United Kingdom Sweden entente 1827
United Kingdom Portugal defense 1827
ContextWho’s Who?
Russia
United Kingdom
United States
ContextWho’s Who?
Russia
United Kingdom
United States
TechnologyD3.js Angular.js
Elastic Search MongoDB
