[OpenSpending] Interesting budget visualisations from around the globe

Tue Jun 12 17:54:06 UTC 2012

Excellent, thanks Oluseun - we featured both of these in the database
of the GIFT report, and  think they should both feature if we put up a
special page with budget visualisations from around the world!

L

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Budgit Nigeria <budgitng at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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>> Open Knowledge Foundation
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