longitude,latitude,group,direction,survivors 24.0,55.0,1,A,340000 24.5,54.5,1,A,340000 25.5,54.5,1,A,340000 26.0,54.7,1,A,320000 27.0,54.8,1,A,300000 28.0,54.9,1,A,280000 28.5,55.0,1,A,240000 29.0,55.1,1,A,210000 30.0,55.2,1,A,180000 30.3,55.3,1,A,175000 32.0,54.8,1,A,145000 33.2,54.9,1,A,140000 34.4,55.5,1,A,127100 35.5,55.4,1,A,100000 36.0,55.5,1,A,100000 37.6,55.8,1,A,100000 37.5,55.7,1,R,100000 37.0,55.0,1,R,98000 36.8,55.0,1,R,97000 36.0,54.7,1,R,96000 35.0,54.5,1,R,87000 33.3,54.8,1,R,55000 32.0,54.6,1,R,37000 30.4,54.4,1,R,24000 29.2,54.3,1,R,20000 28.5,54.2,1,R,20000 28.3,54.3,1,R,20000 27.5,54.5,1,R,20000 26.8,54.3,1,R,12000 26.4,54.4,1,R,14000 25.0,54.4,1,R,8000 24.4,54.4,1,R,4000 24.2,54.4,1,R,4000 24.1,54.4,1,R,4000 24.0,55.0,2,A,60000 24.5,54.5,2,A,60000 26.6,55.7,2,A,40000 27.4,55.6,2,A,33000 28.7,55.5,2,A,33000 32.0,54.8,2,R,30000 33.2,54.9,2,R,30000 34.4,55.5,2,R,30000 32.0,54.8,3,A,22000 26.4,54.4,3,R,6000 25.0,54.4,3,R,6000
# 2. Temperature Data
# Represents the temperature on given days during the retreat.
longitude,temp,days,month,day
37.6,0,6,Oct,18
37.5,0,6,Oct,24
36.8,-9,16,Nov,9
36.0,-21,1,Nov,14
35.0,-11,10,Nov,24
33.3,-20,4,Nov,28
32.0,-24,3,Dec,1
30.4,-30,5,Dec,6
29.2,-26,1,Dec,7
27.5,-20,5,Dec,12
26.8,-27,4,Dec,16
25.0,-26,16,Dec,31
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# 3. City Data
# The names and locations of key cities along the path.
longitude,latitude,city
24.0,55.0,"Kowno"
25.5,54.5,"Wilna"
26.4,54.4,"Smorgoni"
28.7,55.5,"Polotzk"
29.2,54.3,"Molodexno"
30.4,54.4,"Minsk"
32.0,54.8,"Studienka"
33.2,54.9,"Witebsk"
34.4,55.5,"Smolensk"
36.0,55.5,"Dorogobouge"
37.6,55.8,"Moskowa"
How to Use This Data:
Troop & City Data (troops.csv):
longitude, latitude: The geographical coordinates for plotting the path.
group: Minard split the army into groups. This helps draw the branching paths. Group 1 is the main army.
direction: "A" for Advance (Avancer) and "R" for Retreat (Retour).
survivors: The number of soldiers remaining at that point. This will determine the thickness of your line.
Temperature Data (temp.csv):
longitude: This allows you to link the temperature reading to a specific point on the map's x-axis.
temp: The temperature in degrees Celsius.
days, month, day: The date for that temperature reading.
City Data (cities.csv):
longitude, latitude: The coordinates to place the city label on the map.
city: The name of the city.
To recreate the visualization, you would typically:
Plot the troop data as a path, varying the stroke width based on the survivors column.
Use the direction column to color the advancing and retreating paths differently.
Plot the temperature data as a separate line chart at the bottom, aligned by longitude.
Overlay the city names at their respective coordinates.