Tornado Visualization
Geospatial data visualization of
tornado data from 1950-2016
by team "R you Shiny"
Geospatial data visualization of
tornado data from 1950-2016
Climate change is no longer some far-off problem; it is happening here, it is happening now.
A team of graduate students at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Amey is a student of MS in Computer Science at UIC. His interests are NLP and ML.
Worked on Maps, Tracks and Server Code
Jaspreet is Computer Science Master's student at UIC. Her areas of interests include Visualizations, User Interface Design and Graphic Design.
Worked on the UI/UX and Tables
Sai is a Master's student at the Computer Science department at UIC. She is interested in visualization and human computer interaction.
Worked on Parallel Coordinate Charts, Bar Charts and Tables.
Vivek is a PhD student in the ADVIS lab at UIC. His research interests include ontology matching and visual analytics.
Worked on Data Mangling and Server Code
Analysis and Munging
The core data about the tornadoes and their tracks, from 1950 to 2017, is available here with a description of the fields here. In addition, we also used the National FIPS County Codes from here.
The user can navigate the application through the control panel, with additional ability to interact using the maps.
Different tasks that the user can perform using this application are as follows: