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1 ship is 1 ship

Drawing pictograms is difficult. The Financial Times divides humans into four and amputates arms. Horrible. A little man represents 500 people. A loose arm 150. Strange currency.

Oversight overhauled - SEC employees and budget. - Source: Financial Times, 2010-08-27, page 5.
Source: Financial Times, 2010-08-27, page 5.

Here it works. The pictograms are ships which were attacked by pirates. Green: The pirates wanted to hijack the ship. Blue: They did hijack the ship. Each pictogram is one ship. Exactly one. And every time it’s about one ship. Just one. Not many or parts. Ship is ship.

Troubled waters: Attacks on ships in the first half of 2010, by region. - Source: Wall Street Journal, 2010-08-17, page 3.
Source: Wall Street Journal, 2010-08-17, page 3. I took it from him.

A pictogram works like: Count, what you want to show. Draw, what you want to count. Draw one of it. One per thing. If it doesn’t fit, no pictogram.

Nicolas Bissantz

Diagramme im Management

Besser entscheiden mit der richtigen Visualisierung von Daten

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