A Case Study of Open Data Visualization System for Government Transparency in Thailand
P. Ruchikachorn, R. Suveeranont, and T. Luangaroonlerd, A Case Study of Open Data Visualization System for Government Transparency in Thailand, PacificVis Posters, Bangkok, Thailand, 2019.
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Open data is essential to government transparency. However, simply opening access to the government data files does not guarantee data accessibility to the general population. An efficient way is to digest the data and visually present its insights. We designed and implemented a visualization system to communicate the data stories of Thai government procurement to both the public and journalists. Our iterative design process consulted two political reporters. The final design incorporated a scroll-based storytelling and several visualization elements which had not been available such as a hexagonal grid map of Thailand. We demonstrated the usefulness of this system with a scenario regarding government budget transparency.