[OpenSpending] Interesting budget visualisations from around the globe

Tue Jun 12 15:22:04 UTC 2012

Hello,

With love from Africa try this two applications for budget visualization.

*Twaweza - Kenya Budget Visualization *

http://twaweza.org/uploads/flash/budget-visualization-kenya-000/Kenya.html#/home/spending=Actual&year=2010-11&viewType=Bubbles&split=Function

*BudgIT Nigeria   - Budget Cut Simulation App *

yourbudgit.com/kut/

Cheers.

Oluseun Onigbinde
BudgIT

On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org>wrote:

> Hi Lisa,
>
> > My first thought is that the figure for the actual spending in the right
> > hand side pannel needs to be bold when the '11-12 Actual' button is
> > selected. Similarly the budget figure needs to be bold when the '12-13
> > Budget' is selected.
> >
> > Then I'm not convinced this diagram is suitable for hierarchical data.
> The
> > inner layer shows the top categories of spending or budgets as
> essentially a
> > pie chart. The outer layers add a more detailed breakdown of these top
> > categories, but the collective size of this detail is greater than the
> area
> > represented in the inner layer. Personally I find that a bit confusing.
> What
> > do you think?
>
> The age old problem of area versus lengths and yes, I agree that the
> slivers would make more sense if there was a drill down and they got
> progressively smaller. I think a key for the colours could also be
> helpful as otherwise it is very difficult to work out what is meant by
> them!
>
>
>
> > Lisa
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 5 Jun 2012, Lucy Chambers wrote:
> >
> >> Dear all,
> >>
> >> Over the weekend, we've been sent some very interesting budget
> >> visualisations to have a look at - I thought a couple of them may be
> >> of interest to the list. Both display hierarchical information clearly
> >> without the need to drill down.
> >>
> >> The first is the product of the OpenData.Ch Camp:
> >>
> >> http://t.preus.se/bernbudget2012/
> >>
> >> The second is 'Where are my Taxes Going?' from Australia. Notice the
> >> comparison planned/actual, quite elegant.
> >>
> >> http://theopenbudget.org/
> >>
> >> We're still hunting examples of people who are building great
> >> visualisations and for your thoughts on how effective they are at
> >> conveying information! Let us know any thoughts,
> >>
> >> Lucy
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Lucy Chambers
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> OpenSpending & Data Journalism
> Open Knowledge Foundation
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