Elements
The visual potential of numbers is exploited to convey the numbers by using colors to distinguish the different types of data being shown, and size for the bar graph to show the different impacts of the affected bombs, and big numbers and color encoding to correspond with the graphs.
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Numbers
The visual potential of location is exploited to convey the major provinces that are affected most by UXO compared to the other provinces that surround. By only using the country of Laos as the location, it emphasizes The impact of the secret war only on Laos compared to the other countries even though this was around the same time as the Vietnam war.
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Location
The visual potential of relationships is exploited to convey the separation of the two factions that are at war with each other. The main countries involved are depicted by larger images, with supporters being smaller or a different color.
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Relationships
Impacts of the Lao Secret War Infographic
From 1964 to 1973, the U.S. dropped more than two million tons of ordnance on Laos during 580,000 bombing missions—equal to a planeload of bombs every 8 minutes, 24-hours a day, for 9 years - making Laos the most heavily bombed country per capita in history. Up to a third of the bombs dropped did not explode, leaving Laos contaminated with vast quantities of unexploded ordnance (UXO). Over 20,000 people have been killed or injured by UXO in Laos since the bombing ceased.
Learn more at http://legaciesofwar.org/
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