Comments on: Visualizing Q1 2009 Office Vacancy Rates http://responsivebydesign.com/06/visualizing-q1-2009-office-vacancy-rates/ Responsive By Design Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:14:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: elliottgoodwin http://responsivebydesign.com/06/visualizing-q1-2009-office-vacancy-rates/comment-page-1/#comment-296 elliottgoodwin Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:28:28 +0000 http://responsivebydesign.com/?p=1932#comment-296 What I really wanted to do was a heat map, similar to <a href="http://bit.ly/bJ75t" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/bJ75t</a> or <a href="http://bit.ly/fyK2c." target="_blank">http://bit.ly/fyK2c.</a> I think that would have given the effect you (and I) are looking for. Here is another map I made: <a href="http://bit.ly/HqW8G" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/HqW8G</a> for the Architect Top 50. The data is from Architect Magazine's May issue. I used the different colored circles for another map on the Architect Magazine's Top 50 poll from their May issue. I color coded each group of 10 together. Size of the circle (or square) is revenue, color is rank. What I found with that though is that for cities with multiple winners, the map loses meaning because circles are on top of squares on top of circles. What I really wanted to do was a heat map, similar to http://bit.ly/bJ75t or http://bit.ly/fyK2c. I think that would have given the effect you (and I) are looking for.

Here is another map I made: http://bit.ly/HqW8G for the Architect Top 50. The data is from Architect Magazine's May issue. I used the different colored circles for another map on the Architect Magazine's Top 50 poll from their May issue. I color coded each group of 10 together. Size of the circle (or square) is revenue, color is rank. What I found with that though is that for cities with multiple winners, the map loses meaning because circles are on top of squares on top of circles.

]]> By: pete blakely http://responsivebydesign.com/06/visualizing-q1-2009-office-vacancy-rates/comment-page-1/#comment-294 pete blakely Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:58:49 +0000 http://responsivebydesign.com/?p=1932#comment-294 I really like this tool and method of presenting data. However, I think the map would be more meaningful if there was a scale indicating a correspondance between bubble size and vacancy. IE, a 1/4" diameter circle indicates 5% vacancy. Also, since the bubbles are so large relative to the map, the overlap makes it very hard to determine which bubble corresponds to which city - at least when looking at the country as a whole. Once you zoom in, the differences become clear but you are then no longer able to see the country as a whole. Maybe small colored circles to indicate vacancy rate. green = 5%, yellow = 10%, red = 15% or some such thing.. I really like this tool and method of presenting data. However, I think the map would be more meaningful if there was a scale indicating a correspondance between bubble size and vacancy. IE, a 1/4" diameter circle indicates 5% vacancy. Also, since the bubbles are so large relative to the map, the overlap makes it very hard to determine which bubble corresponds to which city – at least when looking at the country as a whole. Once you zoom in, the differences become clear but you are then no longer able to see the country as a whole. Maybe small colored circles to indicate vacancy rate. green = 5%, yellow = 10%, red = 15% or some such thing..

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