Chernoff Faces and Minard Maps

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Chernoff Faces and Minard Maps

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Jan 18, 2016

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A data visualization extravaganza in this episode, as we discuss Chernoff faces (you: "faces? huh?" us: "oh just you wait") and the greatest data visualization of all time, or at least the Napoleonic era.

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http://lya.fciencias.unam.mx/rfuentes/faces-chernoff.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Joseph_Minard

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Jan 18, 2016

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