Airline Travelers

A labeled line chart comparing airport travelers in 2019 and 2020.

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Credit: Adapted from an Observable Plot example.

Specification

JavaScript

import * as vg from "@uwdata/vgplot";

await vg.coordinator().exec([
  vg.loadParquet("travelers", "data/travelers.parquet"),
  `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS endpoint AS SELECT * FROM travelers ORDER BY date DESC LIMIT 1`
]);

export default vg.plot(
  vg.ruleY([0]),
  vg.lineY(
    vg.from("travelers"),
    {x: "date", y: "previous", strokeOpacity: 0.35}
  ),
  vg.lineY(
    vg.from("travelers"),
    {x: "date", y: "current"}
  ),
  vg.text(
    vg.from("endpoint"),
    {
      x: "date",
      y: "previous",
      text: ["2019"],
      fillOpacity: 0.5,
      lineAnchor: "bottom",
      dy: -6
    }
  ),
  vg.text(
    vg.from("endpoint"),
    {x: "date", y: "current", text: ["2020"], lineAnchor: "top", dy: 6}
  ),
  vg.yGrid(true),
  vg.yLabel("↑ Travelers per day"),
  vg.yTickFormat("s")
);

YAML

meta:
  title: Airline Travelers
  description: A labeled line chart comparing airport travelers in 2019 and 2020.
  credit: Adapted from an [Observable Plot example](https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/plot-labeled-line-chart).
data:
  travelers:
    file: data/travelers.parquet
  endpoint: >
    SELECT * FROM travelers ORDER BY date DESC LIMIT 1
plot:
- mark: ruleY
  data: [0]
- mark: lineY
  data: { from: travelers }
  x: date
  y: previous
  strokeOpacity: 0.35
- mark: lineY
  data: { from: travelers }
  x: date
  y: current
- mark: text
  data: { from: endpoint }
  x: date
  y: previous
  text: ['2019']
  fillOpacity: 0.5
  lineAnchor: bottom
  dy: -6
- mark: text
  data: { from: endpoint }
  x: date
  y: current
  text: ['2020']
  lineAnchor: top
  dy: 6
yGrid: true
yLabel: ↑ Travelers per day
yTickFormat: s

JSON

{
  "meta": {
    "title": "Airline Travelers",
    "description": "A labeled line chart comparing airport travelers in 2019 and 2020.",
    "credit": "Adapted from an [Observable Plot example](https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/plot-labeled-line-chart)."
  },
  "data": {
    "travelers": {
      "file": "data/travelers.parquet"
    },
    "endpoint": "SELECT * FROM travelers ORDER BY date DESC LIMIT 1\n"
  },
  "plot": [
    {
      "mark": "ruleY",
      "data": [
        0
      ]
    },
    {
      "mark": "lineY",
      "data": {
        "from": "travelers"
      },
      "x": "date",
      "y": "previous",
      "strokeOpacity": 0.35
    },
    {
      "mark": "lineY",
      "data": {
        "from": "travelers"
      },
      "x": "date",
      "y": "current"
    },
    {
      "mark": "text",
      "data": {
        "from": "endpoint"
      },
      "x": "date",
      "y": "previous",
      "text": [
        "2019"
      ],
      "fillOpacity": 0.5,
      "lineAnchor": "bottom",
      "dy": -6
    },
    {
      "mark": "text",
      "data": {
        "from": "endpoint"
      },
      "x": "date",
      "y": "current",
      "text": [
        "2020"
      ],
      "lineAnchor": "top",
      "dy": 6
    }
  ],
  "yGrid": true,
  "yLabel": "↑ Travelers per day",
  "yTickFormat": "s"
}