State of the Environment Reporting on the Internet

Final step...

easy to find specific files which may otherwise be bur- ied among hundreds or thousands of others.

Review, quality check Spelling Conformity between raw data and a final figure Consistency between legend and image Deliver the figures on the web Save files as jpeg, gif,

Choose the right type of graphic

A persuasive message may be delivered to an audi- ence in a variety of ways by choosing the right type of visual representation. An appropriate mapping, graph- ing or charting methodology can be used to accom- plish this goal. For example, in the cases belowtW, you’ll find different solutions for graphic representa- tion of information. (1) Trends over time: lines; (2) Proportions of various features: pies or bar charts; (3) Comparisons: bar charts; (4) Maps with values: proportional circles or squares; (5) Maps showing percentages: shaded areas.

or downloadable high resolution format (i.e. postscript)

Recommended software

Mapping and graphing Freehand™ (Macromedia)

Illustrator™ (Adobe) Corel draw™ (Corel)

(1)

(2)

Coastalsources

0 20 40 60 80 100 %

Megawatts

deposition

2 500

Desktop publishing X-press™ (Quark) Pagemaker™ (Adobe) Image processing Photoshop™ (Adobe) Paintshop Pro™ (Jasc) Photopaint™ (Corel)

500 1 000 1 500 2 000 3 000 4 000

2 000

5%

25%

North America

1 500

70%

1 000

Europe

Rivers

500

40

Asia

0

1980

1981

1983 1985 1987 1989

1991

1993 1995

16 TWh

(3)

(4)

(5)

14

Bering Sea input

64

12

0.18

47.45

Ice Out

10

73

Output though Archipelago

273

21

4

8

97

47

Pourcentages of dumping sites

6

54

Norwegian Current Barents Sea Current West Spitzbergen Current

0 0-25

4

Ý HCH Tonnes/y 250

25-50 50-75 75-100

2

100 40 10

Input

0

Loss via hydrolysis and biodegradation 61 sedimentation <1

Output

sauces and dressings 2

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