R help - Jan 2010 - OT: Software for specific visualisation of data...ideas?

Dear List,

A student in the Department where I work would like to produce a graphic
similar to this one:

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2009/09/16/Public_spending_160909.pdf

Does anyone know if the figure in the pdf can be generated in a specific
software application for example? Any suggestions would be most
gratefully received by the student concerned.

Many thanks,

G
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 Dr. Gavin Simpson             [t] +44 (0)20 7679 0522
 ECRC, UCL Geography,          [f] +44 (0)20 7679 0565
 Pearson Building,             [e] gavin.simpsonATNOSPAMucl.ac.uk
 Gower Street, London          [w] http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucfagls/
 UK. WC1E 6BT.                 [w] http://www.freshwaters.org.uk
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Whats wrong with Power Point or anyone of its equivalents?




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Dear List,

A student in the Department where I work would like to produce a graphic
similar to this one:

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2009/09/16/Public_spending_160909.pdf


Does anyone know if the figure in the pdf can be generated in a specific
software application for example? Any suggestions would be most
gratefully received by the student concerned.

Many thanks,

G
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 Dr. Gavin Simpson             [t] +44 (0)20 7679 0522
 ECRC, UCL Geography,          [f] +44 (0)20 7679 0565
 Pearson Building,             [e] gavin.simpsonATNOSPAMucl.ac.uk
 Gower Street, London          [w] http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucfagls/
 UK. WC1E 6BT.                 [w] http://www.freshwaters.org.uk
%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%

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See the Rgraphviz package in bioconductor.

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Gavin Simpson <gavin.simpson at
ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> A student in the Department where I work would like to produce a graphic
> similar to this one:
>
>
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2009/09/16/Public_spending_160909.pdf
>
> Does anyone know if the figure in the pdf can be generated in a specific
> software application for example? Any suggestions would be most
> gratefully received by the student concerned.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> G
> --
> %~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%
> ?Dr. Gavin Simpson ? ? ? ? ? ? [t] +44 (0)20 7679 0522
> ?ECRC, UCL Geography, ? ? ? ? ?[f] +44 (0)20 7679 0565
> ?Pearson Building, ? ? ? ? ? ? [e] gavin.simpsonATNOSPAMucl.ac.uk
> ?Gower Street, London ? ? ? ? ?[w] http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucfagls/
> ?UK. WC1E 6BT. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? [w] http://www.freshwaters.org.uk
> %~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at r-project.org mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>

MS PowerPoint (version 2007 or beta 2010) although difficult for so dense
graphic.

Prefearable: MindManager although is $$. Use the Trial.

Regards,
Carlos.

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Gavin Simpson
<gavin.simpson@ucl.ac.uk>wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> A student in the Department where I work would like to produce a graphic
> similar to this one:
>
>
>
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2009/09/16/Public_spending_160909.pdf
>
> Does anyone know if the figure in the pdf can be generated in a specific
> software application for example? Any suggestions would be most
> gratefully received by the student concerned.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> G
> --
> %~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%
>  Dr. Gavin Simpson             [t] +44 (0)20 7679 0522
>  ECRC, UCL Geography,          [f] +44 (0)20 7679 0565
>  Pearson Building,             [e] gavin.simpsonATNOSPAMucl.ac.uk
>  Gower Street, London          [w]
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucfagls/<http://www.ucl.ac.uk/%7Eucfagls/>
>  UK. WC1E 6BT.                 [w] http://www.freshwaters.org.uk
> %~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help@r-project.org mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide
> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>
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You might be able to do that with Rgraphviz or another R package, but
if I was doing it I would probably use PGF/tikZ. The homepage is here:
http://pgf.sourceforge.net/

-Ista

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Gavin Simpson <gavin.simpson at
ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> A student in the Department where I work would like to produce a graphic
> similar to this one:
>
>
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2009/09/16/Public_spending_160909.pdf
>
> Does anyone know if the figure in the pdf can be generated in a specific
> software application for example? Any suggestions would be most
> gratefully received by the student concerned.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> G
> --
> %~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%
> ?Dr. Gavin Simpson ? ? ? ? ? ? [t] +44 (0)20 7679 0522
> ?ECRC, UCL Geography, ? ? ? ? ?[f] +44 (0)20 7679 0565
> ?Pearson Building, ? ? ? ? ? ? [e] gavin.simpsonATNOSPAMucl.ac.uk
> ?Gower Street, London ? ? ? ? ?[w] http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucfagls/
> ?UK. WC1E 6BT. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? [w] http://www.freshwaters.org.uk
> %~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at r-project.org mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>


-- 
Ista Zahn
Graduate student
University of Rochester
Department of Clinical and Social Psychology
http://yourpsyche.org

On Tue, 2010-01-19 at 16:27 +0000, Gavin Simpson wrote:
> Dear List,
> 
> A student in the Department where I work would like to produce a graphic
> similar to this one:
> 
>
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2009/09/16/Public_spending_160909.pdf
> 
> Does anyone know if the figure in the pdf can be generated in a specific
> software application for example? Any suggestions would be most
> gratefully received by the student concerned.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> G
Thank you to everyone who replied with suggestions to my OT email.

I think the student was looking for something that would take the data
and produce suitably scaled blobs for him, rather than some graphics
design package. We both seem to recall seeing something like this on a
website or similar, but perhaps that was some other data visualisation
tool for some other geographic data...

As for the appropriateness (or lack there of) of the relative areas for
conveying the data - yep, you are preaching to the converted there. I
got the impression the student wanted a "colorful display that will grab
readers' attention" (Gunter, pers. comm. 2010) rather than the most
appropriate data visualisation technique.

I'll pass all your comment on to the student.

On his, and my, behalf thank you.

All the best,

G

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 Dr. Gavin Simpson             [t] +44 (0)20 7679 0522
 ECRC, UCL Geography,          [f] +44 (0)20 7679 0565
 Pearson Building,             [e] gavin.simpsonATNOSPAMucl.ac.uk
 Gower Street, London          [w] http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucfagls/
 UK. WC1E 6BT.                 [w] http://www.freshwaters.org.uk
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