Treemaps are used to show hierarchical data. But here he doesn't even bother to show more than one-level of hierarchy. If I want to find, e.g. Police, it's near impossible, since I have to scan with my eyes (when, again, it's trivial to add another rectangle to show Law Enforcement or other).
In addition, little work is done to separate the classes. He has probation officers in the same node as teachers, completely separate from law enforcement.
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Treemaps are used to show hierarchical data. But here he doesn't even bother to show more than one-level of hierarchy. If I want to find, e.g. Police, it's near impossible, since I have to scan with my eyes (when, again, it's trivial to add another rectangle to show Law Enforcement or other).
In addition, little work is done to separate the classes. He has probation officers in the same node as teachers, completely separate from law enforcement.
Here's some much better examples:
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/05/04/abortion-nu...
- https://flowingdata.com/2015/04/02/how-we-spend-our-money-a-...