Data-Visualization

• Understanding Slidecraft: A Deep Dive into Modern Presentation Techniques

  April 15, 2023

  The YouTube video by Emil Hvitfeldt on Slidecraft: The Art of Creating Pretty Presentations provides a comprehensive look at contemporary methods for enhancing presentation aesthetics through technical tools, particularly focusing on Quarto and Reveal.js. Tool Overview: Quarto Quarto is an open-source publishing system that supports a variety of programming languages like Python, Julia, and Observable. It can be viewed as a spiritual successor to R Markdown. Quarto leverages advancements made over years in R Markdown to provide a more unified and efficient experience for data-driven presentations and documents.

• Geospatial Analytics: Insights from Ayanthi Gunawardana on Mapping with R

  February 15, 2023

  In a recent presentation, Ayanthi Gunawardana discussed the intricacies of creating precise and aesthetically-pleasing maps using R. This focused exploration of geospatial data offered valuable insights that go beyond common knowledge in the data science community. For the full presentation, you can watch the video here. Understanding Geospatial Data and Mapping Gunawardana draws attention to various geospatial data types—predominantly vector and raster. Vector data encapsulates geographic information related to distinct points, lines, and polygons.