Increasing Visual Scalability
As we increase the number of objects being represented, the visualization may become more and more difficult to comprehend.
Horizon Chart
Using a Horizon Chart is a scalable method to represent a large number of line charts.
Consider the following Horizon Chart:
Steps to obtain a Horizon chart from a Line chart:
Consider the following line chart:
Sparklines
Sparklines are small, intense, word-sized graphics with typographic resolution.
They can be placed anywhere words or graphics or numbers are placed: in sentences, maps, graphics and tables.
They are used when we don't have a lot of space to represent data and can be very effective.
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