UC Merced Research Week
Visualization Workshop
March 6, 2019
Agenda
1:00 – 1:10 Welcome and light refreshments, introduction
1:10 – 1:35 Invited external speaker: Gabriel Santos (Alf Museum)
1:35 – 1:50 Discussion
1:50 – 2:00 Break
2:00 – 2:20 Invited UC Merced speakers: Emily Lin (Library) and Erin Mutch (SpARC)
2:20 – 2:30 Discussion
2:30 – 2:45 Invited UC Merced speaker: Lorenzo Booth (EECS PhD Student)
2:45 – 3:00 Discussion, break for coffee and cookies, networking
3:00 – 4:30 Breakout sessions by tool, each student produces a figure, share as group
Session a Using ggplot2 through RStudio
Session b Using Powerpoint and Inkscape
Outcomes
1) Identify best practices for presenting and visualizing research
2) To understand principles of design, and to apply them to research
3) To learn about resources available through and outside of UC Merced
4) To apply aims in the form of a conceptual or data-based visual
http://github.com/sabahzero/dataviz/
Keynote Speaker
Gabriel Santos
Alf Museum
Agenda
1:00 – 1:10 Welcome and light refreshments, introduction
1:10 – 1:35 Invited external speaker: Gabriel Santos (Alf Museum)
1:35 – 1:50 Discussion
1:50 – 2:00 Break
2:00 – 2:20 Invited UC Merced speakers: Emily Lin (Library) and Erin Mutch (SpARC)
2:20 – 2:30 Discussion
2:30 – 2:45 Invited UC Merced speaker: Lorenzo Booth (EECS PhD Student)
2:45 – 3:00 Discussion, break for coffee and cookies, networking
3:00 – 4:30 Breakout sessions by tool, each student produces a figure, share as group
Session a Using ggplot2 through RStudio
Session b Using Powerpoint and Inkscape
UC Merced Resources
Emily Lin�UC Merced Library
Data Sources: HathiTrust Research Center
Data Sources
Including:
Data Sources: APIs
Additional Resources
Upcoming Workshops
Data Carpentry� 3/27-28 & 5/23-24
Creating and Interactive Shiny App to Share Research Findings � 4/26
Research Data Management Workshop Series
Erin Mutch�SpARC
What are Spatial Data?
Data or information that identifies the geographic location of features and boundaries on Earth
There are many natural science domains in which GIS is being used effectively to understand how the Earth works
ArcGIS Online and the Living Atlas
The ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World is the foremost collection of geographic information from around the globe. It includes maps, apps, and data layers to support your work.
What are Story Maps?
Esri Story Maps let you combine authoritative maps with narrative text, images, and multimedia content. They make it easy to harness the power of maps and geography to tell your story.
SpARC Workshops and Events
Central Valley Geosummit - March 15th, 2019
Link to registration and website
Creating Story Maps - April 5th, 2019
SSM 209 - 12pm - 2pm
Desktop GIS - April 19th, 2019
SSM 209 12pm - 2pm
Tying it all together
Lorenzo Booth�EECS PhD Student
CONTEXT
Resources
Why script?
Why script? Example A
Why script? Example B
D.M. Nover, M. Dogan, R. Ragatz, L. Booth, J. Medellin-Azuara, J.R. Lund, and J.H. Viers
Does More Storage Give California More Water? (in press)
https://asmtry.gitlab.io/cerc_calvin/
Approach
Wickham, H., 2014. Tidy Data. Journal of Statistical Software 59, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v059.i10
Approach
Approach
Approach: ggplot2
Approach: maps
Resources (more)
rweekly.org
Always features cool figures and it's a soapbox for people to show off the cool things they've done, so naturally the creme floats over there.
Great introduction to the grammar of graphics and ways to conceptualize information presentation. Chapters 5 and 22 are also all about ggplot.
Book available on Springer Link. It's a great overview of the "grammar of graphics".
Chapter 8.2.2 (Action) describes the types of data to present in an effective science communication.
The best types of designs are the ones that we (as users) don't think about. This book describes the deliberate attention paid toward design.
A classic book on statistical graphics, both the theory and practice. Full of useful illustrations.
A thorough treatment of data visualization concepts and pitfalls
Resources (more)
ggplot2 resources
- Implementations of the grammar of graphics in python
- R package that makes it simple to push an rmarkdown document to github pages or gitlab pages
- Interactively edit layouts created with ggplot
- One blog all about spatial data analysis in R, another blog about the latest developments in R spatial packages
DEMO
Agenda
1:00 – 1:10 Welcome and light refreshments, introduction
1:10 – 1:35 Invited external speaker: Gabriel Santos (Alf Museum)
1:35 – 1:50 Discussion
1:50 – 2:00 Break
2:00 – 2:20 Invited UC Merced speakers: Emily Lin (Library) and Erin Mutch (SpARC)
2:20 – 2:30 Discussion
2:30 – 2:45 Invited UC Merced speaker: Lorenzo Booth (EECS PhD Student)
2:45 – 3:00 Discussion, break for coffee and cookies, networking
3:00 – 4:30 Breakout sessions by tool, each student produces a figure, share as group
Session a Using ggplot2 through RStudio
Session b Using Powerpoint and Inkscape
Breakout Session
UC Merced Research Week
Visualization Workshop
March 6, 2019