Applications of Interactive Data Visualizations

Any industry that possesses large amounts of data can benefit from using interactive data visualizations. A few scenarios, such as those listed here, will help us understand how interactive visualizations help us get quick insights and facilitate our day-to-day activities:

• Let's say you wake up early in the morning and have time to hit the gym before you have to leave for work/school. You ate a pretty heavy meal last night with lots of carbs and sugar, so you want to do a workout that burns the most calories. You check your fitness app, which shows you a visualization describing your last couple of workouts, and with the help of the interactive graphs, you find a workout that helps you burn the most calories. Let's look at the following figure:

Figure 3.8: Fitness app

• Before leaving for work/school, you need to decide whether you should drive or take an Uber. You check Google Maps to...