This is a collection of resources for the course. Everything is free and some solutions are open source.
Tools
Non coding tools for data visualization and/or visual storytelling:
- https://www.datawrapper.de/
- https://www.highcharts.com/
- https://infogram.com/
- https://quartz.github.io/Chartbuilder/
- https://www.tableau.com/
- https://flourish.studio/
Leaflet.js
Leaflet is a free open source javascript tool for making interactive maps.
- Quick start help for using Leaflet tuorials
- News map template with basic functionality (markers, titles and descriptive texts)
- News map template with support for coloured markers (more hacky than the one above)
- Convert table data to geojson.
- How to publish Leaflet maps in WordPress
- How to change map tiles
- Live earthquake map
General javascript guides
- Avoid common datatype errors when working with javascript
- How to label data and make meaningful sentences around your data
- How to debug when you map/chart is not showing data