Isotype Bar Chart
Inspired by this Only An Ocean Between, 1943. Population Live Stock, p.13. This example was created by @jwoLondon
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Vega-Lite JSON Specification
{
"$schema": "https://vega.github.io/schema/vega-lite/v3.json",
"config": {"view": {"stroke": ""}},
"width": 800,
"height": 200,
"data": {
"values": [
{"country": "Great Britain", "animal": "cattle", "col": 3},
{"country": "Great Britain", "animal": "cattle", "col": 2},
{"country": "Great Britain", "animal": "cattle", "col": 1},
{"country": "Great Britain", "animal": "pigs", "col": 2},
{"country": "Great Britain", "animal": "pigs", "col": 1},
{"country": "Great Britain", "animal": "sheep", "col": 10},
{"country": "Great Britain", "animal": "sheep", "col": 9},
{"country": "Great Britain", "animal": "sheep", "col": 8},
{"country": "Great Britain", "animal": "sheep", "col": 7},
{"country": "Great Britain", "animal": "sheep", "col": 6},
{"country": "Great Britain", "animal": "sheep", "col": 5},
{"country": "Great Britain", "animal": "sheep", "col": 4},
{"country": "Great Britain", "animal": "sheep", "col": 3},
{"country": "Great Britain", "animal": "sheep", "col": 2},
{"country": "Great Britain", "animal": "sheep", "col": 1},
{"country": "United States", "animal": "cattle", "col": 9},
{"country": "United States", "animal": "cattle", "col": 8},
{"country": "United States", "animal": "cattle", "col": 7},
{"country": "United States", "animal": "cattle", "col": 6},
{"country": "United States", "animal": "cattle", "col": 5},
{"country": "United States", "animal": "cattle", "col": 4},
{"country": "United States", "animal": "cattle", "col": 3},
{"country": "United States", "animal": "cattle", "col": 2},
{"country": "United States", "animal": "cattle", "col": 1},
{"country": "United States", "animal": "pigs", "col": 6},
{"country": "United States", "animal": "pigs", "col": 5},
{"country": "United States", "animal": "pigs", "col": 4},
{"country": "United States", "animal": "pigs", "col": 3},
{"country": "United States", "animal": "pigs", "col": 2},
{"country": "United States", "animal": "pigs", "col": 1},
{"country": "United States", "animal": "sheep", "col": 7},
{"country": "United States", "animal": "sheep", "col": 6},
{"country": "United States", "animal": "sheep", "col": 5},
{"country": "United States", "animal": "sheep", "col": 4},
{"country": "United States", "animal": "sheep", "col": 3},
{"country": "United States", "animal": "sheep", "col": 2},
{"country": "United States", "animal": "sheep", "col": 1}
]
},
"mark": {"type": "point", "filled": true},
"encoding": {
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"y": {"field": "animal", "type": "ordinal", "axis": null},
"row": {"field": "country", "type": "nominal", "header": {"title": ""}},
"shape": {
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}
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