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Information Visualization
Edited by Isabel Meirelles, Marian Dörk and Yanni Loukissas
[Information Design Journal 27:1] 2022
► pp. 115–125

Visualising vapours

Graphical representation of Covid-19 transmission

ORCID logo | The BMJ (British Medical Journal), London, UK

The case study describes the process of designing an interactive visualisation tool to help people understand the likelihood of Covid-19 transmission in different situations. This visualisation was created as part of a 13 month long collaborative project between scientific experts from a UK government advisory group, and a multimedia team at The BMJ (British Medical Journal). The data underpinning the graphic was collected from 27 experts via a knowledge elicitation study. It includes discussion of lessons learned about collecting and visualising uncertain data, and the benefits of user testing.

Keywords: Covid-19, infectious disease, visualisation, user testing, interactivity, knowledge elicitation
Article outline
  • The problem
  • The seed of an idea
  • Developing the visualisation
  • Testing and refinement
  • Publication
  • Reflection and learning
  • References
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Published online: 21 November 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1075/idj.22007.sta
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