The Secret Language of Maps: A Designer's Guide to Telling Visual Stories with Data
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- Author：Carissa Carter
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Brooke Dilling
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This book provides concepts about data/maps I didn’t think about before。 I liked how the author attempted to tie it to a mystery story。While the data concepts were useful， the mystery was weak。 The author didn’t do a good job of explaining how the data tied to solving the cold case。 She didn’t explain the outliers in the data of the mystery either。 Red Herrings？ Weak storyline？ How did all of the evidence lead to the murder/cold case？ How was it all tied together？ Why go into so much detail abou This book provides concepts about data/maps I didn’t think about before。 I liked how the author attempted to tie it to a mystery story。While the data concepts were useful， the mystery was weak。 The author didn’t do a good job of explaining how the data tied to solving the cold case。 She didn’t explain the outliers in the data of the mystery either。 Red Herrings？ Weak storyline？ How did all of the evidence lead to the murder/cold case？ How was it all tied together？ Why go into so much detail about bad data sets — sugar in coke vs maple syrup or a really high amount of scholarship money when in the end you aren’t going to bring it back together for the reader？Also — the weird sexual tension between Robby and Marion they was left unresolved was also weak and annoying。 If you start something finish it。I would have also liked for the author to talk more about combining two data sets to get to a new result — more complicated and — perhaps folks need more stats skills to pull this off？（Also there is a typo in the book。 On pg 63 “what agendas live in Marlow’s evidence” should really be “Marion’s evidence”…。 While the character’s last name is Marlow - Throughout the rest of the book she’s just called Marion。 。。。more
Jeff Wrench
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First sentence of the book: "At the Stanford d。school， design is a verb。" Two things: （1） No kidding！ Design is a verb in its first definition。 Not profound。 （2） NOWHERE IN THE ENTIRE BOOK is the word design used as a verb。 smh。And for a book apparently about graphic design and telling visual stories， the cover sure makes it look like this is going to be a dry academic paper。 Off to a bad start， but the concept of the book and skim through the pages still make me hopeful。 First sentence of the book: "At the Stanford d。school， design is a verb。" Two things: （1） No kidding！ Design is a verb in its first definition。 Not profound。 （2） NOWHERE IN THE ENTIRE BOOK is the word design used as a verb。 smh。And for a book apparently about graphic design and telling visual stories， the cover sure makes it look like this is going to be a dry academic paper。 Off to a bad start， but the concept of the book and skim through the pages still make me hopeful。 。。。more
Carolyn Bragg
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A fascinating approach; how to map information of ANY KIND。 The primary example provided here is a cold case of a murder。 From identifying maps vs random bits of writing， to labeling and constructing different forms， types， and styles of maps。 As well as the motivations and agendas of the map makers。Whether you are viewing or creating a map， your bias transfers to it， and the viewer’s interpretation is altered by theirs。 Who is the map meant for？ Where and in what context？ If it says “You Are He A fascinating approach; how to map information of ANY KIND。 The primary example provided here is a cold case of a murder。 From identifying maps vs random bits of writing， to labeling and constructing different forms， types， and styles of maps。 As well as the motivations and agendas of the map makers。Whether you are viewing or creating a map， your bias transfers to it， and the viewer’s interpretation is altered by theirs。 Who is the map meant for？ Where and in what context？ If it says “You Are Here，” it works best in the proper location。 Is it for a crowd， a group， or an individual？ A special target group， or anyone who sees it？As you can see， it’s a lot to cover， but the author does it skillfully—with pages of the murder mystery interspersed—through the text and chart/map examples。 I could be confusing， but it isn’t。I was excited to read this book， and I thoroughly enjoyed both the familiar and new， as we explored why and how we map information for ourselves as a reference， and others as a tool or guide。5/5 StarsThanks to the publishers and NetGalley for the free preview of this ebook; the review is voluntary。#TheSecretLanguageofMaps #NetGalley#ClarksonPotterTenSpeedPressNote to publishersI’m glad I noticed and looked into this book despite the cover， because I really enjoyed it！ Unfortunately， it currently looks like an over-sized paperback workbook found among stacks of required college text books。 （I hope the true cover of the book is more attractive， and hopefully not to include the amorphous figures with shapes on their heads！） I understand their importance to the illustrations， but they are a little creepy sometimes。 Perhaps the final cover could be blurred or distant charts/maps in faded shades of pleasant colors on a white background？ I can hope！ 。。。more
Suman Srivastava
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An educational book that is also a murder mystery。 Interesting。 I expected more from the educational part of the book。 Hence the relatively low rating。
Kathryn
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Who is this book for？ There were moments where it seemed to be a teaching help for high schoolers and other moments where it seemed geared toward businesses。 I have a degree in Geography， so I know maps， and this book is pretty useless。 It gives a basic overview of the idea that maps are a way to visually express data and explains bias in both map making and map viewing but has no real depth to it。 It gives no practical information about how to view and understand maps or how to actually make a Who is this book for？ There were moments where it seemed to be a teaching help for high schoolers and other moments where it seemed geared toward businesses。 I have a degree in Geography， so I know maps， and this book is pretty useless。 It gives a basic overview of the idea that maps are a way to visually express data and explains bias in both map making and map viewing but has no real depth to it。 It gives no practical information about how to view and understand maps or how to actually make a map。 It gives a bizarre narrative about a girl solving a mystery with maps and other data， which cool， but also seemed like a very odd way to express what it was trying to say。 This book just annoyed me。 。。。more
Manuela
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Quite an interesting book， with many visuals， easy to read content and a nice story to complementThis is a quick read and light read。 I would definitely recommend getting a paper copy instead of a digital one due to the great visuals it has。 I can see it as being a cool decoration book to have as well。 It gives a nice introduction to data visualization， great for those people without any knowledge on the subject and who want to tip their toes on it。 Though a enjoyed the short story she used to e Quite an interesting book， with many visuals， easy to read content and a nice story to complementThis is a quick read and light read。 I would definitely recommend getting a paper copy instead of a digital one due to the great visuals it has。 I can see it as being a cool decoration book to have as well。 It gives a nice introduction to data visualization， great for those people without any knowledge on the subject and who want to tip their toes on it。 Though a enjoyed the short story she used to explain the content， I felt the back and forth a little hard to get into - personally， I would've preferred maybe if the whole content was put first followed by the short story as a study case at the end。I received a free digital ARC from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest and unbiased review 。。。more
Ell
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I didn't know what to expect with this book。 It was somehow both captivating and educational。 I truly enjoyed the graphics， the explanations and， of course， the engaging story。 It's a great book that I'm glad to have in my home library。 I didn't know what to expect with this book。 It was somehow both captivating and educational。 I truly enjoyed the graphics， the explanations and， of course， the engaging story。 It's a great book that I'm glad to have in my home library。 。。。more
Kennedy
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This was a really fun book。 I enjoyed the idea of a fictional story to help explain the concepts。 This book would be good any kind of information literacy， not just maps。
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