Data visualization provides opportunities for data to be transformed into new and exciting ways that help the public digest rather dense information. Implemented in a variety of industries, cinematic visualizations provides a new opportunity to communicate information around the world. ITO World Data Visualization Design Manager Craig Taylor uses his expertise in 3D geospatial analysis, informatics, and geography to create new modes of communicating data, specifically transit data.
Taylor’s work and research analysis has allowed him to explore new ways to visualize 3D data. Through the use of programs like Blender, Houdini, QGIS, Arc Map, and Cinema4D. A project that provided Taylor with much praise and recognition is, Coral Cities. Using transport data within 40 cities, Taylor used his spatial analytic expertise to create “coral formations” to help translate travel times. According to Taylor in a statement, “Each strand shows the arteries of a city, representing a possible route from the centre.”