[open-energy] Update on EU energy data visualisations

Mon Jan 31 15:38:49 GMT 2011

Dear all,

I really like the demo too! I think it could become highly useful background info for journalists covering the European Council meeting next Friday (topics: Energy and Innovation http://www.european-council.europa.eu/council-meetings.aspx?lang=EN)! 

Also, I found Francis' idea very good: have a label explaining the icons when you hover over them.

Have a great afternoon,
Dana

-----Original Message-----
From: open-energy-bounces at lists.okfn.org [mailto:open-energy-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Francis Irving
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 1:51 PM
To: Open Energy Visualization and Data project
Subject: Re: [open-energy] Update on EU energy data visualisations

I like it, I found it good fun! And a clean design.

My main thing was a need for some kind of key on the icons for production/consumption use, when you are zoomed in on a country.

Maybe if you hover over one it should say in text what it means?

Francis

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 11:58:13AM +0100, Jonathan Gray wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Following is a quick progress update on the energy data visualisations 
> we're producing.
> 
> You can see an alpha version of what we have so far at (please do not 
> circulate this link beyond this list for now):
> 
>   * http://www.driven-by-data.net/sketch/open-energy/demo.html
> 
> Comments:
> 
>   * In the final version one will be able to click on the countries to 
> see a breakdown of consumption, production and progress towards the 
> 2020 renewables target. At the moment you can test this by clicking on 
> the flag. Clicking on the flag again let you return to the 'overview'
> screen.
>   * We are currently working on how to simplify the menu system to 
> make it more integrated with the visual design. The current menu 
> system is just for the demo. In the final version there will be 
> several different presets to choose from, e.g. total consumption, 
> total production, total renewables energy production, and so on. We 
> may add an 'expert mode' for experienced users later, if we want to 
> retain the full complexity of the menu.
>   * We will produce animations on the basis of interactive graphics 
> which will be able to be played without input from a user. These will 
> alternate between the various views comparing EU countries, and 
> 'zoomed in' views showing information about all the different EU 
> member states. The sequence should be long and varied enough for it to 
> be interesting to watch, and not too repetitive!
>   * We are going to limit the use of language, trying to make the 
> graphics speak for themselves and using icons wherever we can. Where 
> we use words to explain what is happening we will have several EU 
> languages (probably English, French and German).
> 
> We're aiming to have this done by Wednesday this week. Any feedback 
> before this date would be very much appreciated.
> 
> More on the way soon!
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> 
> --
> Jonathan Gray
> 
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> The Open Knowledge Foundation
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