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<\/a><\/p>\nThe Shape of History is an interactive website that delves into the idea of visualizing data by using Elizabeth Palmer Peabody’s way of communicating history through the use of shapes, charts, and colors. The website not only explains the method but also provides examples of historical facts placed within grids. The users are able to experience first hand how the method works. In another section of the website, the user is also able to create their own grid featuring whatever timeline they choose to create. A friendly, design intuitive user interface is provided.<\/p>\n
SOURCES<\/u><\/p>\n
The visualization project uses Elizabeth Palmer Peabody’s textbook that contains her method of displaying information in grids, as well as a biography about her. The other source that is used is the “Cartographies of Time: A History of the Timeline” by Daniel Rosenberg and Anthony Grafton.<\/p>\n
PROCESSING<\/u><\/p>\n
The website team digitized Peabody’s method and made it interactive, using data-driven documents, also known as d3js.<\/p>\n
PRESENTATION<\/u><\/p>\n
The site is presented in the same style as Peabody’s method of displaying information. The website is made up of 6×6 squares that each display different information regarding Peabody and the visualization of data. An absolute creative way to display such information.<\/p>\n
The Shape of History was a fun website to explore and learn about how data has been visualized by an intellect like Elizabeth Palmer Peabody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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