CS-GY 6313: Information Visualization
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  • Introduction
  • Defining Information Visualization
  • Why Use Visualization?
  • Popular Visualization Sources and Tools
  • Why Use a Graphical Representation?
  • The Problem with Statistics
  • Why Use a Computer to Visualize Data?
  • Why Use Interaction?
  • Assessing the Quality of a Visualization
  • Data Abstraction
    • Types of Datasets
    • Types of Attributes
    • Attribute Semantics
    • Data Abstraction to Visualization
    • Data Profiling
  • Fundamental Graphs
    • Alternate Representations
    • Visualizing More Than 2 Attributes
    • Faceting
  • Data Transformation
  • Graphical Components and Mapping Strategies
    • Marks
    • Channels
    • Graphical Decoding
    • Evaluating the Quality of a Visual Encoding
    • Contextual Components
  • Color
    • Color Perception
    • Color Specification
    • Color Use
      • Quantitative Color Scales
      • Categorical Color Scales
      • Diverging Color Scales
      • Highlighting
    • Perceptual Issues with Color
  • Geo Visualization
    • When to Use Maps
    • Geo Visualization Techniques
      • Dot Maps
      • Heat Maps
      • Hexbin Maps
      • Choropleth Maps
      • Graduated Symbol Maps
      • Summary of Map Types
    • Issues with Maps
    • Visualizing Geo Data with Time
  • Visualizing Temporal Data
    • Time Structures
    • Visualization Methods
    • Increasing Visual Scalability
    • Beyond Using Position
  • Networks and Trees
    • Visualizing Network Data
      • Node-Link Diagrams
        • Clutter Reduction
      • Matrices
    • Visualizing Trees
      • Node-Link Diagrams
      • Special Kinds of Trees
      • Space-Partitioning and Containment
        • Sunburst and Icicle Plots
  • Interaction and Multiple Views
    • Single and Multiple View Methods
      • Single View Methods
      • Multiple (Linked) Views Methods
    • Common Scenarios
  • Exploring Data
  • Animation, Pacing and Exposition
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  1. Geo Visualization
  2. Geo Visualization Techniques

Hexbin Maps

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These maps are also used to depict a distribution. They are used when heat maps cannot be used.

A geographical area is partitioned (discretized) into hexagons. Hexagons are used because they are the best shape that allows us to create contiguous areas, while dividing the space into discrete units.

Color maps can be used in hexbin maps as well.

Hexbins can also be used with categorical information, unlike heat maps.