Motivation

As Hydrologist, we often deal with the data related to the points in the river. Since most of the analysis requires doing the same things in multiple points, the initial phase of data cleaning process can be automated.

We spend a beginning phases of all projects preparing the data for analysis. And combining the time spent on visualizing the data, it’s a significant chunk of our time.

Data visualization influences the decision making from the stakeholders. And can save time by making any problems obvious from the very beginning. For examples, things like showing the quality of data (continuity for time series), interactive plots to compare data in different locations/formats, etc can help people understand their data better.

Besides plot, the example below shows how simply adding a column with connection visual can immediately make it easier to understand the relationship between the data points in a river. Without it people need to be familiar with the names of the data points and their location, or consult a different image/map to understand the relationship.

The inspiration on making this software package comes from many years of struggle with doing the same thing again and again in different projects like these. And the motivation to make something generic that can be used for plethora of projects in the future.