Comments on: The New Poor – Internet Penetration Rates by Country http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/10/16/the-new-poor-internet-penetration-rates-by-country/ Fresh Excel Tips, Tricks, Charts, Tutorials, Downloads, Dashboards and Visualization Showcase for your Inspiration and Productivity Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:49:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Chandoo http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/10/16/the-new-poor-internet-penetration-rates-by-country/#comment-95355 Chandoo Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:57:03 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=1512#comment-95355 @Andrew: color scales are very common in visualization world. We can have one common legend with a gradient bar (start with lightest gray and go on up to darkest) and label the first and last points. @Andrew: color scales are very common in visualization world. We can have one common legend with a gradient bar (start with lightest gray and go on up to darkest) and label the first and last points.

]]> By: andrew http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/10/16/the-new-poor-internet-penetration-rates-by-country/#comment-95349 andrew Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:58:19 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=1512#comment-95349 how would you build a legend for this? gray1 = 0-10% | gray2 =11=20% | etc. how would you build a legend for this?
gray1 = 0-10% | gray2 =11=20% | etc.

]]> By: Pointy Haired Dilbert: amazing MS Excel blog offers free downloadable templates | freewaregenius.com http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/10/16/the-new-poor-internet-penetration-rates-by-country/#comment-71104 Pointy Haired Dilbert: amazing MS Excel blog offers free downloadable templates | freewaregenius.com Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:34:25 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=1512#comment-71104 [...] Using Maps in Excel. Very interesting. Can be customized for your particular needs. [...] [...] Using Maps in Excel. Very interesting. Can be customized for your particular needs. [...]

]]> By: Robert http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/10/16/the-new-poor-internet-penetration-rates-by-country/#comment-63129 Robert Tue, 19 May 2009 20:09:05 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=1512#comment-63129 This might be a duplicate comment (first one was not accepted). If so, I am sorry... Jiaming, please send me an email (use the email-link on my blog clearlyandsimply.com) and I will send you a version including Taiwan. This might be a duplicate comment (first one was not accepted). If so, I am sorry…

Jiaming,

please send me an email (use the email-link on my blog clearlyandsimply.com) and I will send you a version including Taiwan.

]]> By: Jiaming http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/10/16/the-new-poor-internet-penetration-rates-by-country/#comment-63103 Jiaming Tue, 19 May 2009 16:21:41 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=1512#comment-63103 I was wondering if anyone could help me. I want to add Taiwan (which is missing) into the map. How do I go about doing it? Which autoshape should I use to draw the country and what is the method to link the shape to auto-update when the redraw button is pressed? I was wondering if anyone could help me. I want to add Taiwan (which is missing) into the map.
How do I go about doing it?
Which autoshape should I use to draw the country and what is the method to link the shape to auto-update when the redraw button is pressed?

]]> By: Jiaming http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/10/16/the-new-poor-internet-penetration-rates-by-country/#comment-63060 Jiaming Tue, 19 May 2009 09:28:13 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=1512#comment-63060 Anybody knows how to include additional countries into the map? I realized Taiwan wasn't included and tried to include it. However how do you go about drawing the countries in the map and link it with the cell? I've tried reading from http://www.tushar-mehta.com/excel/charts/0301-dashboard-conditional%20shape%20colors.htm , however it seems that robert desined the map slightly differently. Anybody knows how to include additional countries into the map?
I realized Taiwan wasn’t included and tried to include it. However how do you go about drawing the countries in the map and link it with the cell?

I’ve tried reading from http://www.tushar-mehta.com/excel/charts/0301-dashboard-conditional%20shape%20colors.htm , however it seems that robert desined the map slightly differently.

]]> By: Bhavik http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/10/16/the-new-poor-internet-penetration-rates-by-country/#comment-25728 Bhavik Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:22:26 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=1512#comment-25728 Mate nice display with World map. Mate nice display with World map.

]]> By: Chandoo http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/10/16/the-new-poor-internet-penetration-rates-by-country/#comment-25721 Chandoo Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:20:56 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=1512#comment-25721 @Robert ... thanks for suggesting how to change the whites to something slightly dark. :) @Robert … thanks for suggesting how to change the whites to something slightly dark. :)

]]> By: Robert http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/10/16/the-new-poor-internet-penetration-rates-by-country/#comment-25631 Robert Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:16:44 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=1512#comment-25631 Teylyn, Chandoo, a correction: it should be control!C58 in the last paragraph of my recent comment. Sorry... Teylyn, Chandoo,

a correction: it should be control!C58 in the last paragraph of my recent comment. Sorry…

]]> By: Robert http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/10/16/the-new-poor-internet-penetration-rates-by-country/#comment-25593 Robert Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:10:13 +0000 http://chandoo.org/wp/?p=1512#comment-25593 teylyn, Chandoo, as Chandoo pointed, he shifted the RGB colors 'upside down' to make it a 'the darker the less' heat map. Because of that, the mapping of values to colors ends at 0 with an RGB of (255,255,255), i.e. a white fill color. Therefore the countries with the highest penetration (Netherlands and Norway, both 88%) get assigned a white fill color and are invisible. Increasing the color grade (control!D6) will not help, because this cell only controls the increase of the steps, starting with the last one. But you can easily change the last value of the steps (control!D58) from 0 to let's say 15 or 20. This will bring Norway and Netherlands back home to earth ... teylyn, Chandoo,

as Chandoo pointed, he shifted the RGB colors ‘upside down’ to make it a ‘the darker the less’ heat map.

Because of that, the mapping of values to colors ends at 0 with an RGB of (255,255,255), i.e. a white fill color.

Therefore the countries with the highest penetration (Netherlands and Norway, both 88%) get assigned a white fill color and are invisible. Increasing the color grade (control!D6) will not help, because this cell only controls the increase of the steps, starting with the last one.

But you can easily change the last value of the steps (control!D58) from 0 to let’s say 15 or 20. This will bring Norway and Netherlands back home to earth …

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