LINK: https://www.ted.com/talks/david_mccandless_the_beauty_of_data_visualization
The purpose of this video is to make us understand the importance of data visualization because it is an effortless way for people to learn the enormous amount of data visually and interactively. It is also excellent preparation for our bridge project. Through researching the neighbourhood, we need to deal with a lot of data. Data visualization helps us make data research accessible, clear and exciting.
From this video, I learnt that data visualization is a way of knowledge compression. It helps us comprehend data using our eye and brain simultaneously. A complicated problem can be solved quickly.It can be used as a beautiful way to present to our audiences.
