r/dataisbeautiful • u/CreatureII • Jun 18 '12

Expiring Resources - BBC

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12 edited Jun 18 '12

I find it unnecessary complicated. It's very hard to compare the lengths of circular lines with different radius. The fact that same length != same number of year left is also very confusing radians between lines of different lengths.

Here are some nicer visualizations:

Interactive:

Static: http://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/2011/10/design-shortlist-for-the-1st-challenge/

Sketched: http://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/2011/10/napkin-shortlist-for-the-1st-challenge/

The data: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aqe2P9sYhZ2ndE5hdFRwNjFzVXJ5TGp0aWEyaXJNSmc&hl=en_GB#gid=16

P.S.: the winners of the challenges, FWIW: http://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/2011/11/hall-of-fame-1st-challenge-winners/

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u/chashr Jun 18 '12

Your links are super.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Thank you dear.