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A macro of a graph in Edward Tufte's "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information", a classic on graphic design of data displays. This particular graph shows the weather of NYC over a year, and this particular data is the actual and average amount of precipitation in a month (not sure which one).

One of Tufte's principles is to maximize the information to ink ratio--only use ink to portray what the data needs. In this case, a two-category bar graph alone has rather poor information to ink ratio--all that ink to portray two numbers! However, this image is only about 1/50th or less of the total image, so its tininess makes it tolerable.

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Author Kevin Dooley from Chandler, AZ, USA
Camera location33° 18′ 54.82″ N, 111° 56′ 09.12″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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