Data Visualization Toolkit: Using JavaScript, Rails™, and Postgres to Present Data and Geospatial Information

Preface

I love data.

I have spent several years working with a lot of different types of data. Sometimes you control the data collection, and sometimes you have to hunt down the data you need. Sometimes the data is clean and orderly, and sometimes it requires a lot of work to clean it up.

What makes data interesting to me is that each project is different. They each ask something different of you to bring their stories to life. As I worked through these visualizations I was reminded just how many different skills and techniques come into play. Everything is aimed at a singular goal, though—to cut through the clutter and let the data say what it has to say.

That is what this book is about—giving data a voice.

Audience

This book focuses on looking ...