http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2007/08/obesity-mapping-through-social-networks/ A design blog with a particular emphasis on green design, design for society, and environmental technologies, Vestal Design Blog also discusses web design, product design, graphic design, and architecture. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:25:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2007/08/obesity-mapping-through-social-networks/comment-page-1/#comment-81217 Jeffrey Warren Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:43:45 +0000 http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2007/08/obesity-mapping-through-social-networks.html#comment-81217 At that scale the circles don't express diameter well, but at larger sizes (http://www.style.org) they can – IF they either displace each other as Dave suggests, or are rendered transparently so their colors aggregate via the increased opacity of their overlap. At that scale the circles don’t express diameter well, but at larger sizes (http://www.style.org) they can – IF they either displace each other as Dave suggests, or are rendered transparently so their colors aggregate via the increased opacity of their overlap.

]]> http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2007/08/obesity-mapping-through-social-networks/comment-page-1/#comment-80899 Jessica Pfund Wed, 08 Aug 2007 02:52:54 +0000 http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2007/08/obesity-mapping-through-social-networks.html#comment-80899 Yup, as you point out Dave, it's really easy to "lie with maps", even when you don't mean for it to happen. And without more visible lines to make out the connections in the image, it's difficult to determine just how true your criticisms are. Yup, as you point out Dave, it’s really easy to “lie with maps”, even when you don’t mean for it to happen. And without more visible lines to make out the connections in the image, it’s difficult to determine just how true your criticisms are.

]]> http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2007/08/obesity-mapping-through-social-networks/comment-page-1/#comment-80336 Dave Pitman Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:56:41 +0000 http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2007/08/obesity-mapping-through-social-networks.html#comment-80336 Very cool, but I'm not sure I agree with their use of circle radius as a metric. Since it looks like they have nothing in place to prevent overlap between the circles, the main claim of the animation about "clustering" is unsupported. Of course, it would seem apparent to the eye that obese groups are clustering more than non-obese groups because they're taking up more space on the display. Very cool, but I’m not sure I agree with their use of circle radius as a metric. Since it looks like they have nothing in place to prevent overlap between the circles, the main claim of the animation about “clustering” is unsupported. Of course, it would seem apparent to the eye that obese groups are clustering more than non-obese groups because they’re taking up more space on the display.

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