Comments on: US Bankruptcy and Foreclosure Data – Infographic Review http://simplecomplexity.net/bankruptcy-foreclosure-data-infographic-review/ Making Simple Sense From Complex Data Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:42:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Jesse http://simplecomplexity.net/bankruptcy-foreclosure-data-infographic-review/#comment-773 Jesse Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:10:32 +0000 http://simplecomplexity.net/?p=2716#comment-773 I agree there are a lot of effective elements of this graphic, but I think the mapping is pointless. It's a essentially a table where the values have been scattered across a map. If you are going to use a map, then it should be put to proper use. You show some good implementations of that. I think a set of bar graphs grouped by region would be even better. Or even better - a scatter-plot of foreclosures by some transformation of population where the points are colored by region. I agree there are a lot of effective elements of this graphic, but I think the mapping is pointless. It’s a essentially a table where the values have been scattered across a map.

If you are going to use a map, then it should be put to proper use. You show some good implementations of that.

I think a set of bar graphs grouped by region would be even better. Or even better – a scatter-plot of foreclosures by some transformation of population where the points are colored by region.

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