11-28-2023, 08:34 PM
Instead of a chart, I prefer a simple program with an interactive slider for folks to play around with.
For a presentation, It might have one central graphic which displays chance of fire, or estimated damage from fire, and then the sliders can be slide left to right to showcase various scenarios. One slider for windspeed. One for temperature. Another for dryness/drought level. A last one for forest density.
Then the user (or my boss) can play with sliding those controls (and let's admit it, who doesn't like playing with those type controls??), and have the information update via graphic or text box in the central area. (690% chance of fire, doing $800,000,000.00 damages, and lasting for 3 months, with 40 MPH winds, 112 degree temperatures, 7 year drought conditions, and heavy, unmaintained forest density, with a group of rednecks partying in the forest and celebrating Independence Day.)
As for charts, they're colorful, but make most folks eyes glaze over. But those sliders.... There's just something magical about them... From kid to oldster, EVERYONE just wants to slide them and have the power to see what happens as they do.
For a presentation, It might have one central graphic which displays chance of fire, or estimated damage from fire, and then the sliders can be slide left to right to showcase various scenarios. One slider for windspeed. One for temperature. Another for dryness/drought level. A last one for forest density.
Then the user (or my boss) can play with sliding those controls (and let's admit it, who doesn't like playing with those type controls??), and have the information update via graphic or text box in the central area. (690% chance of fire, doing $800,000,000.00 damages, and lasting for 3 months, with 40 MPH winds, 112 degree temperatures, 7 year drought conditions, and heavy, unmaintained forest density, with a group of rednecks partying in the forest and celebrating Independence Day.)
As for charts, they're colorful, but make most folks eyes glaze over. But those sliders.... There's just something magical about them... From kid to oldster, EVERYONE just wants to slide them and have the power to see what happens as they do.