SI Base Units

[thomascamminady]

Authors

Thomas Camminady

Links

Github

Full description

SI Base Units

This graphic attempts to recreate the NIST SI Base Units poster and is simultaneously my first attempt at creating a plotnine figure.

I had limited time and limited skills using plotnine and doubted whether I should submit my figure in a WIP state but eventually opted to do it. Basically, I just hope to get a sticker for my laptop ;)

Result

Limitations

Overall, I don't think this is a beautiful visualization, but I liked the work and hope that maybe someone more skilled will continue this. This idea was inspired by the periodic table example in the plotnine library.
Comparing this to the original chart, there's a lot of room left for improvements.

Data

I turned the original poster into tabular data that can be used as the basis for the chart. See: https://github.com/thomascamminady/si_base_units_relationships_poster_recreate/blob/plotnine-contest-2024/data/units.csv

The data might be helpful if someone else wants to attempt to recreate this plot.

Code repository

https://github.com/thomascamminady/si_base_units_relationships_poster_recreate/blob/plotnine-contest-2024/notebooks-plotnine-contest-2024/main.ipynb

[has2k1]

[EconomiCurtis]

Ahoy @thomascamminady ,
I am one of the contest organizers.
If you'd like, we'd be happy to send you a little Plotnine and Posit care package of hex-shaped stickers. Just a small thanks for taking part. https://forms.gle/M8QmM286MSHbkDRd7

[thomascamminady]

Thanks so much! Was fun and I learned a lot :)

[has2k1]

@thomascamminady, The winning submission has been announced here. Thank you for taking part in the contest.