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To: TXnMA
"for some reason, I find these Latvian graphic representations to be vaguely dissatisfying."

Yes, they seem quite primative, but perhaps they're just not show-offs. We're used to everything being glitzed up for marketing.

9 posted on 09/22/2007 11:24:50 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Turning the general election into a second Democrat primary is not a winning strategy.)
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To: editor-surveyor
"Yes, they seem quite primative, but perhaps they're just not show-offs. We're used to everything being glitzed up for marketing."

Mebbeso -- but "glitz" is no replacement for accuracy and clarity...

IMO, they would benefit greatly from reading and applying principles from Edward R. Tufte's excellent little book, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information.

For example, they color-coded a feature labeled, "Bluish green tiled rooms" in magenta...why not use bluish green?

10 posted on 09/22/2007 2:12:32 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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