In week 4, I explored how to deal with data.
I understand how to use Plot.ly to creating a chart to presenting data. It’s quite easy to use, just like Excel, and I can share the chart online. But I found a problem, that is, when we use bar chart to visualise the SA census data, the Adelaide is too high, so we just delete Adelaide in the chart, but I think it’s not the best solution. Or maybe we shouldn’t use bar chart. I’m still seeking the solution to deal with similar situation.
I’m considering to use Plot.ly and other tool to make a project about history event, Tian’anmen 1989.
Then I explored some states government data website, I found some interesting data, like vineyards census in SA, Cattle tick zones in QLD, VicRoads Turning Movement Volume Surveys in VIC.
They are really convenient to access. But in China it is impossible, data is the secret of government, they rarely publish useful data, even people don’t think those can defined as “secret”. And for my project, I think I can’t find useful data from Chinese government website, because the topic is too sensitive.
I also found WTHCSV is quite interesting, you can see the “most” of a set of data. Like the most family name in SA. I will consider to use this in my project.
I think import.io is also very useful, it makes me away from heavy work. The most useful point is you can use it to extract a list from web, like parliament MP list.
I’m sorry I can’t use API to deal with data, but maybe I will be more skilled in the future.
Cheers,
Yizhuo Zhang
