<commit_before># Lab 8: Visualizing Data

*Assigned: Oct 22, 2013*

*Due: Tuesday Oct 31, 2013 12:59PM (just before class)*


The goal of this lab is for you to play with creating web-based
visualizations and learn something interesting about a local dataset.


## Datasets

In this lab, you will use a dataset of all taxi cab pickups in Boston proper. 

[Download the dataset here](https://s3.amazonaws.com/mitbigdata/datasets/pickups_train.csv.gz)

In the lab directory is also a file of interesting locations in boston.


### Questions

* What is the message in your visualization and what techniques did you use to illustrate it?


# Submission Instructions

Put your visualization and answer to the questions somewhere on the
internet where we can access.  [http://bl.ocks.org/](http://bl.ocks.org/)
is a nice place if you don't want to host yourself.

Add your URL and name to [this spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Amk2aHsGhWktdE5SeF9JVExScGxYVS1PbkpWTWRxYVE&usp=sharing)


**Have you terminated your instances from previous labs?**

	aws ec2 terminate-instances --instance-ids <INSTANCE_ID>


Now you're almost done!  Go read the assigned paper(s) for today.

You can always feel free to contact us with questions on [Piazza](https://piazza.com/class/hl6u4m7ft8n373).
<commit_msg>updated lab<commit_after># Lab 8: Visualizing Data

*Assigned: Nov 5, 2013*

*Due:  12:59PM (just before class)*


The goal of this lab is for you to play with creating web-based
visualizations and learn something interesting about a local dataset.


## Datasets

In this lab, you will use a dataset of all taxi cab pickups in Boston proper. 

[Download the dataset here](https://s3.amazonaws.com/mitbigdata/datasets/pickups_train.csv.gz)

In the lab directory is also a file of interesting locations in boston.


### Questions

* What is the message in your visualization and what techniques did you use to illustrate it?


# Submission Instructions

Put your visualization and answer to the questions somewhere on the
internet where we can access.  [http://bl.ocks.org/](http://bl.ocks.org/)
is a nice place if you don't want to host yourself.

Add your URL and name to [this spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Amk2aHsGhWktdE5SeF9JVExScGxYVS1PbkpWTWRxYVE&usp=sharing)


**Have you terminated your instances from previous labs?**

	aws ec2 terminate-instances --instance-ids <INSTANCE_ID>


Now you're almost done!  Go read the assigned paper(s) for today.

You can always feel free to contact us with questions on [Piazza](https://piazza.com/class/hl6u4m7ft8n373).

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