The hashtag #ParisAttacks spread on Instagram after a series of attacks shook Paris.
HashtagTrends is a visualization project that shows the information spreading through Instagram #Hashtag.
User can watch the growth of specific Instagram #Hashtag by clicking on the "Play" button on the right-bottom corner.
User can reset the visualization by clicking "Reset" button, and change to another available #Hashtag through the current #Hashtag dropdown button on the top-right.
This project was created by Cheng Deng, Mi Tian and Xing Liu for a graduate course in Data Visualization at WPI taught by Lane Harrison. Several open-source projects were used under the MIT License including D3, jQuery, Bootstrap, LeafletJs, Cartocdn Map, Lightbox, Moment.js, and D3-tip. Data courtesy of the Instagram and their Developer APIs.