Assuming you refer to this infographic about flight cancellations and not fatality analysis?
Yes, the left side is just a normal flow container in vertical direction (so the visuals appear from top to bottom). The right side is indeed a precision container (with a light gray background) given the number of visuals and the fact I had to overlay some of the visual on top of the geographical map. I often use the options panel (Options -> Layout) to fine tune the actual position of a visual given you can enter values. In VA 8.3 we also introduced a nice grid which makes it pretty straight forward to snap visuals into position. If you hold CTRL key down while dragging the grid becomes even more fine grained for more precise positioning.
Cheers, Falko
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