Visualizing data handout 2012
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This document provides resources for visualizing data, including books by Edward Tufte on data visualization. It lists other useful books on data visualization with Processing and visualizing data with Processing. The document also provides links to several tools and techniques for visualizing data, such as Many Eyes, Google Visualization API, FlowingData, Graphviz, and Processing. It includes examples for each of the tools.
Visualizing data handout 2012
- 1. Visualizing Data Lisa Kurt, Emerging Technologies Librarian, University of Nevada, Reno [email protected] February 15, 2012 Exploring Further! Books by Edward Tufte Beautiful Evidence isbn: 978-0961392178 Envisioning Information isbn: 978-0961392116 The Visual Display of Quantitative Information isbn: 978-0961392147 Visual Explanations isbn: 978-0961392123 Other useful books and websites Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists By Casey Reas and Ben Fry isbn: 978-0262182621 Visualizing Data: Exploring and Explaining Data with the Processing Environment By Ben Fry isbn: 978-0596514556 Beautiful Visualization: Looking at Data through the Eyes of Experts By Julie Steele and Noah Iliinsky Isbn: 978-1449379865 Links for Tools and Techniques Many Eyes Link: http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/ Examples: ‘Yes We Can’ Visualized http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/visualizations/barack-obama-yes-we-can-visualized Whitest Name in America http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/visualizations/and-the-whitest-name-in-america-is Google Visualization Api Link: http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/interactive_charts.html Examples: Hans Rosling’s TED talk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVimVzgtD6w Motion Chart http://www.excelcharts.com/blog/google-motion-chart-api-visualization-population-trends/
- 2. FlowingData Link: http://flowingdata.com/ Graphviz Link: http://graphviz.org/ Examples: Graphviz Gallery http://www.graphviz.org/Gallery.php ActionScript/Flash Link: http://www.actionscript.org/ Examples: BabyName Wizard http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager# Eigenfactor http://www.eigenfactor.org/ Flare (Actionscript/Flash cont.) Link: http://flare.prefuse.org/ Examples: Flare Voyager http://flare.prefuse.org/apps/job_voyager Flare Dependency http://flare.prefuse.org/apps/dependency_graph Relation Browser Link: http://moritz.stefaner.eu/projects/relation-browser/ Map Equation Link: http://www.mapequation.org/ Processing Link: http://processing.org Examples: Web Pages as Graphs http://www.aharef.info/static/htmlgraph/?url=http://google.com Ben Fry’s Deprocess http://benfry.com/deprocess/ Visually Link: http://visual.ly/ Indexed Link: http://thisisindexed.com/ Visualising Data Link: http://www.visualisingdata.com/index.php/resources/ Excellent XKCD Comic Link: http://xkcd.com/688/