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      1. Powerful 🐳 #MovementData visualization 👍 However, this thread also highlights data viz / communication challenges 🧵 @ballenaschile/1356703048270249985
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      My interpretation is that the trails / fade-out effects show historic whale/ship locations, scaled and colored by their age. Others may assume different meaning / have a different interpretation: @PaulCrease/1356886922350759936
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    A certain minimum marker size is needed but may be misinterpreted as well: @ggreer/1357024123327639553
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      Leading the audience to potentially underestimate the actual distances between moving objects: @mitomaths/1357002244877647872
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        Seems to be made using R movevis.org @BedrinanaLuis/1357001725815709696
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          In the end, even though there may be issues, this thread also shows why we're doing data visualization for science communication: "I've never felt such empathy for a little dot" @pseudodoxia/1356976639624667137
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