I must admit that this visualization intrigued me enough that I found myself checking out the website right after viewing the post. While it is not necessarily the prettiest visualization, a lot of data is contained in a single view. Essentially, this visualization appears to have three distinct components. The sorted list of destinations on the left allows the user to get a quantitative sense of the image. A brief look at the bars at the bottom give the viewer a sense of the “walkability” of the area, not only with respect to their own location but in comparison to similar locations in the area. Finally, while the overlap of the glyphs is mildly distracting, the map provides a very informative and clean view that combines the information in the previous panels with a sense of global location and orientation.

This visualization incorporates all the four fundamentals of “Good Visualization” that we covered in the class.