Predicting Eurosong with Google Predicting Eurosong with Google and data visualisation and data visualisation - Maarten Lambrechts

1. Predicting Eurosong with GooglePredicting Eurosong with Google
and data visualisationand data visualisation
December 18
2017
A WEIRD MAP TELLING THE STORY
Maarten
Lambrechts
Datascience
Leuven

15. Morphing geojson polygons into rectangles
GEO2RECT

16. Tools for smoother shape animations
Flubber

24. Take aways

26. Google Trends *can* be
useful
What we can learn from the epic failure of Google Flu Trends

28. Try new visualisations...

30. ...but guide your audience
into them

31. Things escalate quickly

36. Leuven is the Chinatown of
Belgium

37. Project:
googletrends.github.io/eurosearch-song-contest
Making of:
www.maartenlambrechts.com/2017/05/03/the-eurosearch-song-contest-making-of.html

38. Thanks!
WWW.MAARTENLAMBRECHTS.COM
@MAARTENZAM
www.slides.com/maartenzam/dsleuven