Data Visualizations with Processing, TSU prints
This image,Tsu-20041226-005853UTC, was created shortly after the Christmas 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean. It was made using satellite images and population density information for the affected countries in the Indian Ocean. I wrote a program in Processing to read this data and generate the black and white representation below.
Lines representing people who died from the Tsunami are drawn from the epicentre to the earthquake to the shorelines where the tsunami landed. At the point where the inital line reaches the shoreline, a semi-circle is drawn upwards. You can make out the coastlines of Thailand and Indonesia are visible around the middle right area of the image (especially if you look at the larger size).
While this print is created by visualizing data, it is not a data vizualization in the sense that the term is currently used. It is meant to be aesthetically pleasing while still being thought provoking around a very tragic event. The print was created for a charity auction and I’m happy to report it sold very well.
This image and the Tsu Ean print (below) were created using Processing v74.
Source: Flickr / sboyd
