Tableau for exploration of biodiversity datasets
A tutorial with Tableau Tableau is an intuitive and fast data visualization software program. In this tutorial, I'll be using Tableau Public, a free alternative to Tableau Desktop, to show you how you can quickly visually explore biodiversity datasets. The need for visualization Effective data visualization software can make a huge difference in modern informatics analysis pipelines. But why is data visualization important and will it continue to be important? What do the numbers all mean? Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash Firstly, data is accumulating at a speed never seen before. Technological advances have made data acquisition easier (Internet of Things, social and mobile networks etc.), data processing power fast, data storage cheap and data display devices ubiquitous. We are drowning in data, and need faster ways to make sense of it. Secondly, humans are visual. While computers are adept at making sense of large sets of data quickly, humans struggle t