Finding Cool Visualization – Best Group Note

by Ksenia Semina and Albert Semin

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-us- defense-against- north-korean- nuclear-attack/

a. What are the sources of the data visualized?

The sources of visualized data are the rockets, military bases and their action during a fired missile
from North Korea.

b. What are the key messages in these graphics?

The key message behind is that USA is ready to defend it self and has the technology to prevent an
attack in minutes.

c. What kind of delivery means do the graphics adopt to deliver the messages?

The graph uses 22-minute time lapse that shows the movement of the missiles and their direction.
It also shows that the US has military bases in Japan and South Korean that immediately report
back to the US.

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-cities- chronic-flooding/

a. What are the sources of the data visualized?

The level of water on land during certain time of the year. How much flooding a city experiences
and how much has it increased over the several years.

b. What are the key messages in these graphics?

Shows the damage in the city by the water and how far can it spread with time because of climate
change.

c. What kind of delivery means do the graphics adopt to deliver the messages?

They show how the water expands further into the city over time laps to future years.