There is a new focus on 'data stories.'Ĭreating a single data visualization can have great impact. We recently published a list of 40 open data projects from transportation and accountability to performance management and IoT.ĥ.

In June Forbes identified 85 US cities that have their own data portals. Luckily for data scientists more and more data becomes available every day and we can expect the trend of increased availability to continue into 2018.ĭata.gov the United States Federal Government’s open data site boasts data sets from 43 US states 47 cities and counties and 53 other nations. In order to gain greater insight into the actions and patterns of their customers and constituents organizations need to turn to sources outside of their own proprietary data. The increase of both open and private data helps enrich data visualizations.

Other services like Google’s Data Studio allow users to easily create visualizations and dashboards without coding skills. The infographic agency put this resource together to 'inform and inspire' those looking to build their own data visualizations. For example someone new to the field may turn to Ferdio’s a compendium of over 100 visualization models.

Best data visualization tools of 2018