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Tools of dedicated dataviz professionals

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There are variety of tools to do dataviz and for someone who is just starting it is quite difficult to select which one to learn. One possible criteria might be whether this tool is used by professions focused on dataviz. R is focused on statistical analysis, Excel on spreadsheets, and python might be used for everything. So what is the tool which dedicated dataviz professionals use? The conclusion is that there is no such tool, because dataviz is more like a skill useful in many cases (financial reporting, UX design, journalism, etc.) rather than a profession by itself.

dvs 2020

This is my submission to the Data Visualization Census Survey 2020 Challenge by Data Visualization Society a bit updated from the original based on comments by the jury. Visit their site to see the winners!

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What kind of waste do people generate?

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What kind of waste do people generate?

Mostly mineral and solidified wastes from business activities. Here goes waste from construction and demolition activities, combustion wastes, soils.
Mixed ordinary wastes are the second – almost half of it is generated by households.
The only type of waste where households produce more than half of the output is plastic.

What: Waste generated, tonnes.
When: 2016
Where: European countries
Source: Eurostat

Are vegans right? Do we really use more land for pastures than for growing crops?

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Are vegans right? Do we really use more land for pastures than for growing crops?

It’s true! And some crops are even grown for feeding the cattle, so, this division between land used to feed humans and land used to feed animals which are used to feed humans is even bigger than it seems from the first glimpse. But would we really save energy and resources if we all turn vegan?

What: Comparative shares of land area used as cropland and meadows & pastures.
When: 2017
Where: The world
Source: FAO