Author: skb
Update to Alternative Schools Map- Assignment #6
I have updated my data visualization of alternative schools to include a search bar. This will allow people who are interested in finding an alternative school be able to view a specific school’s information by simply selecting their name.
The next step I would like to take with this visualization is to create an option search bar where someone can select the different qualities they would like in an alternative school and then the data visualization would isolate the schools that met the request. The way I imagine it is almost like having boxes to check that would filter the schools that appear on the map. I feel that this will be helpful, because if someone is looking for a school for a middle school aged child, it would be easier if they didn’t have to sift through the high schools.
You can view my data visualization at this link: http://sarahbates.github.io/DataViz
Google Fusion Table- Number of Coal Plants in Each State (Searchable by State)
I was able to use the layer wizard to allow users to look at specific states using a search bar. This will be helpful if the user wishes to look at a smaller scale of map by state, instead of the entire country comparatively. This can also be done if you were to use a disease outbreak map, similar to the one I mentioned in the last post. With an outbreak map, the layer wizard could be used to create a search bar that would allow the user to search for specific outbreaks on a map…so the creator could have multiple disease outbreaks on one map.
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function changeMap_0() {
var whereClause;
var searchString = document.getElementById(‘search-string_0’).value.replace(/’/g, “\\'”);
if (searchString != ‘–Select–‘) {
whereClause = “‘name’ = ‘” + searchString + “‘”;
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layer_0.setOptions({
query: {
select: “col2>>0”,
from: “1EcVjHVW1MhqOS_OgeVbldAzZxbKOt_3weRLIMcog”,
where: whereClause
}
});
}
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Google Fusion Table of Number of Coal Plants in Each US State
This is a Google Fusion Table that shows the approximate number of coal plants in each state. As you can see, the states that are pink have the largest number of coal plants and the states that are orange have the fewest number of coal plants. A chart such as this would only be effective if the person wanting the data visualization wanted to represent ranges of numbers. For instance, if someone wanted a data visualization to show where outbreaks took place, rather than the approximate number of outbreaks per state.
**Note: I was unable to embed the Google Fusion Table in this post, so the map featured in this post is a picture of the Google Fusion Table I created.
Alternative Schools in Connecticut
View Alternative Schools in Connecticut in a full screen map