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The purpose of this application is to visualize every entry made in every CTA stop from 2001 to 2021 in the form of several bar charts and maps.
Upon opening the application, the user is met with five different tabs, one of which is the dashboard tab that the application defaults to when first opened.
On the dashboard tab, there is a bar chart and a map both showcasing how many entries were made on August 23rd, 2021 in each CTA station. The bar chart is ordered in alphabetical order based on the station name. The map contains color-coded circle markers to indicate where each stop is located in Chicago and what CTA line the stop belongs to.
The map visualization tab is an extended look into the map visualization. It gives the user the ability to change between three different map backgrounds. It also gives the user the chance to change the date. The default date that is set is March 12th, 2020, but the user has the option to change the date in two different ways:
Click the calendar input and pick a date
Click previous and next arrow buttons to make minor date switches between the range of data (January 1st, 2001 and November 31st, 2021)
In order for the user to access the data, they can click on the marker of their choosing and they will be informed which stop they clicked on and how many entries were made.
The bar chart visualization tab is an extended look into the bar chart visualization. The user is given the ability to select the order that they want the bars to be in from two choices:
Alphabetical
Lowest number of entries to highest number of entries
Much like the map visualization tab, the user is also given the ability to choose the date. Lastly, underneath the bar chart, there is a table displaying the data that is used to create the bar chart. If the user clicks on the header for station, the chart gets ordered alphabetically. If the user clicks on the header for entries, the data gets ordered from least to greatest.
In the compare plots tab, the user can see the data in the form of a bar chart and a data table. Both the bar chart and the table have the same controls associated with them:
Year for which the user wants to visualize
Station for which the user wants to visualize
Timeframe filters that the user wants to visualize
The timeframe filters that are used are:
Daily - the user can see the number of entries that occurred every day of the year (ex. how many entries were made on January 1st in 2021)
Monthly - the user can see the number of entries that occurred every month of the year (ex. how many entries were made on January in 2021)
Day of the Week - the user can see the number of entries that occurred every day of the week of the year (ex. how many entries were made on Monday in 2021)
The final tab is the about page. It gives a very brief overview of the project and directs the user to the data that was used to create this project.
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