Extraterrestrial Impacts - Recorded meteorite impacts on earth

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This SAS Visual Analytics report shows the geographical distribution of meteorite impacts on earth from 2,500 BCE.

Data obtained from NASA. More information how this report was build can be found in the related blog post.

[FredrikE]

Very nice dataviz as always 🙂

I really like the colors and dispotion on the screen.

I have some comments thou' :

- I need to spend some time to find the legend, I think it should be in the top left corner just beneath the globe.

- I don't understand class, could it be listed in full text or have a popup with explanations?

- The link to "The meteoritical Society" is almost invisible.

- If the bar charts are "clickable" to filter the map ,some hint would be great. Maybe a small text "(Click to filter map)" close to the bar chart.

Best regards

Fredrik

[FalkoSchulz]

Thanks Fredrik! Yes, all your comments make sense and many are on my list of things to improve. Yes, I don't like the legend either - far too small. I was actually planning to replace the legend with another chart (maybe a bar chart showing the frequency distribution for each type). 

Yes, the report is interactive and you can select bars etc to filter the impact locations. But you are right - in a static report screenshot like this - a hint may be useful though if you have the live report - it's actually quite natural to click on bars or data points - just because you curious what happens  

Will also add some general explanations about classes/types in version 2 - which makes it more like an infographic / poster.

Thanks again! Cheers, Falko