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src/Table.pde

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+/* 
+ Adapted from: http://benfry.com/writing/map/Table.pde
+ See also Visualizing Data, Ben Fry, O'Reilly, 2008 (p32)
+*/
+
+// Customised Table class to allow processing of data (csv format)
+class Table {
+  String[][] data;    // set up 2 dimensional array for data
+  int rowCount;       // number of rows in table
+  
+  // constructor method taking filename (of data file) as param
+  Table(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename); // load in data as array of Strings
+    data = new String[rows.length][];      // set number of rows for data array
+    char separator = ',';                  // set commas as default separator
+    
+    // loop through each line of data
+    for (int i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0)
+        continue;                         // skip empty rows
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#"))
+        continue;                         // skip comment lines
+      
+      // split the text at every separator character
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], separator);      
+      data[rowCount] = pieces;            // add data to the data array
+      rowCount++;
+    }
+    // resize data array in case rows remain unused
+    data = (String[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+
+  // return the row count (number of rows of data)
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+    
+  // return the String from the given row/column, minus any double quotes
+  String getString(int row, int column) {
+    return data[row][column].replace("\"", "");  // remove double quotes
+  }
+
+  // if expecting an int, return String from row/column as int
+  int getInt(int row, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(row, column));
+  }
+
+  // if expecting a float, return String from row/column as float
+  float getFloat(int row, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(row, column));
+  }
+  
+}

src/WarsVisualisation.pde

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+// WarsVisualisation.pde - plots wars sized by casualties along a timeline 1800--2000
+
+String data_src = "wars.csv";   // the data file to be used
+Table warTable;                 // declare table object to hold data (see class Table)
+int rowCount;                   // to store how many rows there are in the table
+
+color col1 = #0000ff;           // use blue as start of range for lerpColor function
+color col2 = #ff0000;           // use green as end of range for lerpColor function
+int dataMin = MAX_INT;          // for holding the max and min death counts
+int dataMax = MIN_INT;
+float ratio;                    // for holding the ratio between max and min
+
+void setup() {
+  size(1840, 600);              // set up sketch display window
+  background(#000000);          // set background to black
+
+  warTable = new Table(data_src);   // create new table from data file
+  rowCount = warTable.getRowCount();
+  
+  PFont font;
+  font = createFont("Arial",16,true);
+  textFont(font, 32);
+  fill(#ffffff);
+  
+  // draws the two horizontal lines
+  stroke(#ffffff);
+  line(20,200,1820,200);
+  line(20,400,1820,400);
+  int labelY1 = 190;
+  int labelY2 = 390;
+  // draws the vertical incremental lines
+  for(int div = 20, year = 1800; div <= 1823; div = div + 9, year++) {
+    textAlign(CENTER);
+    textSize(8);
+    line(div,197,div,203);
+    line(div,397,div,403);
+    if (year % 2 == 0) {
+      text(year,div,labelY1);
+      if (labelY1 == 190) labelY1 = 215;
+      else labelY1 = 190;    
+      text(year,div,labelY2);
+      if (labelY2 == 390) labelY2 = 415;
+      else labelY2 = 390; 
+    }
+    textAlign(LEFT) ;
+    textSize(14);
+    text("Wars 1800--2000, sized by # of deaths", 20, 160);
+    text("Wars 1800--2000, coloured by # of deaths", 20, 360);
+  }
+   
+  // loop through each row of data
+  // ignoring row 0, the 'header'
+  for(int row = 1; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    int deaths = warTable.getInt(row, 15);
+   
+    if (deaths > dataMax)
+      dataMax = deaths;
+    if (deaths < dataMin)
+      dataMin = deaths;
+    ratio = dataMax/dataMin; 
+  }
+  
+  int yrBeg, yrEnd, deaths;
+  int offset = 0;
+  
+  // populates the values for the wars
+  for(int row = 1; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    yrBeg = warTable.getInt(row, 2);
+    yrEnd = warTable.getInt(row, 5);
+    deaths = warTable.getInt(row, 15);
+    float percent = norm(deaths, dataMin, dataMax);
+    float newPercent = lerp(0,500,percent);
+    // draws the sized top line values
+    stroke(200,50);
+    strokeWeight(newPercent);
+    line(yearToLine(yrBeg), 200, yearToLine(yrEnd), 200);
+    
+    // colours the bottom line values
+    stroke(lerpColor(#61e2f0, #296f34, percent, HSB));
+    strokeWeight(5);
+    line(yearToLine(yrBeg), 400, yearToLine(yrEnd), 400);
+    
+    // adds a label for the war, with an offset
+    // that means no labels overlap
+    textSize(9);
+    text(warTable.getString(row, 1), yearToLine(yrBeg), 440+offset);
+    offset = offset + 10;
+    if (offset == 100) offset = 0;
+  }
+  
+}
+
+// converts a year to an x-coord
+int yearToLine(int year) {
+  return (year - 1800)*9; 
+}

src/data/LICENSE

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+The dataset is from the Correlates of War project (Sarkees, Reid & Wayman) and
+can be found at <https://correlatesofwar.org/data-sets/COW-war>.

src/data/wars.csv

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+WarNo,WarName,YrBeg1,MonBeg1,DayBeg1,YrEnd1,MonEnd1,DayEnd1,YrBeg2,MonBeg2,DayBeg2,YrEnd2,MonEnd2,DayEnd2,Duration,Deaths,CenSubSy,SubSysEa,MajPowIn,MajPowEa,WestHem,Europe,Africa,MidEast,Asia,Oceania,Edition,Version
+1,Franco-Spanish,1823,4,7,1823,11,13,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,221,1000,1,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,3
+4,Russo-Turkish,1828,4,26,1829,9,14,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,507,130000,1,1,1,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,3
+7,Mexican-American,1846,5,12,1848,2,2,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,632,19283,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,3
+10,Austro-Sardinian,1848,3,24,1848,8,9,1849,3,20,1849,3,23,143,7527,1,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,3
+13,First Schleswig-Holstein,1848,4,10,1848,8,26,1849,3,25,1849,7,10,247,6000,1,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,3
+16,Roman Republic,1849,5,8,1849,7,1,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,55,2600,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,3
+19,La Plata,1851,7,19,1852,2,3,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,200,1300,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,3
+22,Crimean,1853,10,23,1856,3,1,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,861,264200,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,3
+25,Anglo-Persian,1856,10,25,1857,3,14,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,141,2000,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,3
+28,Italian Unification,1859,4,29,1859,7,12,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,75,22500,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,3
+31,Spanish-Moroccan,1859,10,22,1860,3,25,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,156,10000,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,3
+34,Italo-Roman,1860,9,11,1860,9,29,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,19,1000,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,3
+37,Italo-Sicilian,1860,10,15,1861,1,19,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,97,1000,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,3
+40,Franco-Mexican,1862,4,16,1867,2,5,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,1757,20000,1,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,3
+43,Ecuadorian-Columbian,1863,11,22,1863,12,6,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,15,1000,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,3
+46,Second Schleswig-Holstein,1864,2,1,1864,4,25,1864,6,25,1864,7,20,111,4500,1,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,3
+49,Lopez,1864,11,12,1870,3,1,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,1936,310000,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,3
+52,Spanish-Chilean,1865,10,25,1866,5,9,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,197,1000,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,3
+55,Seven Weeks,1866,6,15,1866,7,26,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,42,44100,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,3
+58,Franco-Prussian,1870,7,19,1871,2,26,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,223,204313,1,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,3
+60,First Central American,1876,3,27,1876,4,25,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,30,4000,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,4,3
+61,Russo-Turkish,1877,4,12,1878,1,3,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,267,285000,1,1,1,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,3
+64,Pacific,1879,2,14,1883,12,11,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,1762,14000,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,3
+65,Anglo-Egyptian,1882,7,11,1882,9,15,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,67,2232,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,4,3
+67,Sino-French,1884,8,23,1885,6,9,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,291,12100,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,3
+70,Second Central American,1885,3,28,1885,4,15,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,19,1000,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,3
+72,Franco-Thai,1893,7,13,1893,8,3,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,22,1000,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,3,3
+73,First Sino-Japanese,1894,8,1,1895,3,30,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,242,15000,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,3
+76,Greco-Turkish,1897,2,15,1897,5,19,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,94,2000,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,3
+79,Spanish-American,1898,4,21,1898,8,12,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,114,3685,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,3
+82,Boxer Rebellion,1900,6,17,1900,8,14,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,59,3003,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,3
+83,Sino-Russian,1900,8,17,1900,10,10,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,55,4000,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,4,3
+85,Russo-Japanese,1904,2,8,1905,9,15,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,586,151831,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,3
+88,Third Central American,1906,5,27,1906,7,20,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,55,1000,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,3
+91,Fourth Central American,1907,2,19,1907,4,23,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,64,1000,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,3
+94,Second Spanish-Moroccan,1909,7,7,1910,3,23,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,260,10000,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,3
+97,Italo-Turkish,1911,9,29,1912,10,18,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,386,20000,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,3
+100,First Balkan,1912,10,17,1913,4,19,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,185,82000,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,3
+103,Second Balkan,1913,6,30,1913,7,30,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,31,60500,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,3
+106,World War I,1914,7,29,1918,11,11,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,1567,8578031,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,3
+109,Russo-Polish,1919,2,14,1920,10,18,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,613,100000,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,3
+112,Hungarian-Allies,1919,4,16,1919,8,4,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,111,11000,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,3
+115,Greco-Turkish,1919,5,5,1922,10,11,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,1256,50000,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,3
+116,Franco-Turkish,1919,11,1,1921,10,20,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,720,40000,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,3,3
+117,Lithuanian-Polish,1920,7,15,1920,12,1,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,140,1000,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,3,3
+118,Sino-Soviet,1929,8,17,1929,12,3,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,109,3200,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,3
+121,Second Sino-Japanese,1931,12,19,1933,5,6,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,505,60000,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,3
+124,Chaco,1932,6,15,1935,6,12,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,1093,92661,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,3
+125,Saudi-Yemeni,1934,3,20,1934,5,13,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,55,2100,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,4,3
+127,Italo-Ethiopian,1935,10,3,1936,5,9,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,220,20000,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,3
+130,Third Sino-Japanese,1937,7,7,1941,12,7,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,1615,1000000,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,3
+133,Changkufeng,1938,7,29,1938,8,11,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,14,1726,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,3
+136,Nomonhan,1939,5,11,1939,9,16,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,129,28000,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,3
+139,World War II,1939,9,1,1945,8,14,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,2175,16634907,0,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,3
+142,Russo-Finnish,1939,11,30,1940,3,12,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,104,74900,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,3
+145,Franco-Thai,1940,12,1,1941,1,22,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,53,1400,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,3
+147,First Kashmir,1948,7,17,1949,1,1,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,169,2000,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,4,3
+148,Palestine,1948,5,15,1948,7,18,1948,10,22,1949,1,7,143,8000,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,3
+151,Korean,1950,6,24,1953,7,27,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,1130,909833,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,3
+154,Russo-Hungarian,1956,10,23,1956,11,14,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,23,4002,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,3
+157,Sinai,1956,10,29,1956,11,6,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,9,3221,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,3
+160,Assam,1962,10,20,1962,11,22,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,34,1853,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,3
+163,Vietnamese,1965,2,7,1975,4,30,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,3735,1021442,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,3
+166,Second Kashmir,1965,8,5,1965,9,23,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,50,7061,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,3
+169,Six Day,1967,6,5,1967,6,10,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,6,19600,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,1,3
+172,Israeli-Egyptian,1969,3,6,1970,8,7,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,520,5368,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,1,3
+175,Football,1969,7,14,1969,7,18,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,5,1900,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,3
+178,Bangladesh,1971,12,3,1971,12,17,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,15,11000,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,3
+181,Yom Kippur,1973,10,6,1973,10,24,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,19,16401,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,1,3
+184,Turco-Cypriot,1974,7,20,1974,7,29,1974,8,14,1974,8,16,13,1500,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,3
+187,Vietnamese-Cambodian,1975,5,1,1979,1,7,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,1348,8000,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,3,3
+189,Ethiopian-Somalian,1977,8,1,1978,3,14,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,226,6000,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,2,3
+190,Ugandan-Tanzanian,1978,10,30,1979,4,12,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,165,3000,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,3
+193,Sino-Vietnamese,1979,2,17,1979,3,10,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,22,21000,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,3
+199,Iran-Iraq,1980,9,22,1988,8,20,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,2890,1250000,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,1,3
+202,Falklands,1982,3,25,1982,6,20,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,88,910,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,2,3
+205,Israel-Syria (Lebanon),1982,4,21,1982,9,5,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,138,1235,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,2,3
+208,Sino-Vietnamese,1987,1,5,1987,2,6,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,33,4000,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,2,3
+211,Gulf War,1990,8,2,1991,4,11,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,-999,253,26343,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,3,3