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    1. Data Visualizations Darlene Fichter [email_address] April 8, 2008 Computers in Libraries 2008
    2. Photo by Mark Witton , Creative Commons
    3. Outline Data Visualization Library Opportunities Social + Data Tools
    4. Web 1.0
      • Realm of folks that knew HTML coding
      • Creators: “geek” gene
    5. Web 2.0
      • Everyone can participate
        • Don’t need to know HTML
          • Blog, wiki, ..
      • “Amateur” professionals
        • Citizen journalists
        • Photographers
        • Cartographers
        • Question answer services
      The rise of the amateur statistician.
    6. New Stage: DIY Data
      • < 5 minutes to set up data collection
      • < 5 minutes to build on tables to create data visualizatons:
        • charts, graphs, maps, tag clouds
        • No longer the purvey a select few
    7. Power of Visualization
      • Conveying information visually can open the hearts, minds and eyes
      • Understanding
    8. What We Eat http:// relevantmagazine.com/releblog/revolution/what -we-eat/ Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide Food expenditure for one week : 375.39 Euros or $500.07
    9. Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03
    10. “Tangible” Visualizations http://infosthetics.com/archives/2008/01/rice_demographics_exhibition.html
    11. Google My Maps
      • Go to maps.google.com
      • Click on My Maps
      • Add pushpins plus notes to create a map
      • Embed the code in your library site
        • Library branches
        • Historical buildings
        • Locations in stories
      Easy to use of anyone
    12. Web Site Structure Mapper
      • Blue : links
      • Red tables
      • Green : div
      • Violet : images
      • Yellow : forms
      • Orange : breaks, paragraphs ..
      • Black : the <HTML> tag
      • Gray : all other tags
      www.aharef.info/static/htmlgraph/
    13. Little Contest Amazon www.amazon.com Phoenix Public Library www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org Wired www.wired.com Photo by Pascal Vuylsteker CC Attribution 2.5
    14. Data Visualizations Explosion
      • It’s a visual world
        • Notice the growth of the use of rich information graphics and visualizations in newspapers and magazines
      • Lots of opportunities and new tools popping up that help display data visually
    15. Population Density of the USA www.time.com/time/covers/20061030/where_we_live/
    16. Newsmap http://www.marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/newsmap.cfm USA Canada Both a mashup and data visualization. Compares news coverage across countries and cultures.
    17. Data “Ecosystem”
      • Open data
      • Open set of services & applications (APIs)
      • Us (creators, consumers)
      *API - set of routines for accessing an application or service
      • Open Content
      Web Charts, Graphs, Data Visualizations Applications
    19. How “Free” is Data Troy Anderson’s from DataPlace – Google Tech Talk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_7MSaNXp-o (13:23)
    20. Advantages of “Social” Data
      • Idealistic view
      • Cautiously optimistic
      • Skeptical
    21. “Idealistic” Slide from: Bricolage: Data at Play Joe Hellerstein, UC Berkeley
    22. Now - Future Slide from: Bricolage: Data at Play Joe Hellerstein, UC Berkeley
    23. Idealistic
      • “ Soon, on Timepedia.org, you will be able to come join us in building the machine, or visualize, learn, and analyze our shared history, we hope for the betterment of the human condition. Sincerely, Timepedia's Staff”
      http://timepedia.blogspot.com/2007/11/chronoscope-released.html
    24. Skeptical/Pessimistic
      • Data Authority - garbage in, garbage out
        • Deliberate misinformation, spam, errors
      • Provenance
      • Privacy
        • “ Identifying “banned books” readers or by mining Amazon Wishlists and combining information with Yahoo People …
    25. What Happens When
      • You combine the people and data and Web 2.0 tools?
      • Less “going with what my gut says”
      • “ Workable ” data
      • Reproducible results
      • Borrow from others
      • Level the playing field
      • (corporations & communities)
      • Disseminate expertise
      Photo by . eti Creative Commons
    26. Spontaneous Communities
      • Conversations around collections of data
      • Example: flickr - High Dynamic Range photo
        • HDR is two or more exposures
        • Comments, community, practices
        • Greater dynamic range of exposures
    27. Photo: The last sunray – Barcelona by Mor ( bcnbits ) licensed under Creative Commons
    28. Look at Some Examples How to put pretty stuff in those drops. Tutorial below: Photo by Steve Took It Creative Commons
    29. DataPlace™
      • Data and maps
      • Assemble your own geographies from neighborhood to nation
      • Connect. Discuss. Collaborate.
        • Host Important Discussions Online
        • Share a Calendar
        • Save and Distribute Important Files
        • Share Uploaded Datasets
      www.dataplace.org
    30.  
    31. Under the Hood
      • Many activities to create “Free Harmonized Data to the People”
      • Take data that doesn’t crawl as well
      • Harmonize it
    32. Riddle Troy Anderson’s from DataPlace – Google Tech Talk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_7MSaNXp-o (34:00)
    33. EveryBlock Civic information — building permits, crimes, … News articles and blog entries Web stuff – Craigslist, Yelp www.everyblock.com
    34. Timepedia & Chronoscope
      • Stories about our past
      • Chronoscope is a visualization platform under development for time series datasets.
        • Their goal is create an experience of Google Maps or Google Earth to time series data
      timepedia.org /chronoscope
    35. TracknGraph
      • Walking Tracker
      • Investment Tracker
      • Mood Tracker
      • Baby Sleep Schedule
      • Breastfeeding Tracker
      • Weight Tracker
      • Child Growth Tracker
      • Calorie Counter
      • Workout Tracker
      • Blood Pressure Monitor
      www.trackngraph.com
    36. Social Features
      • Share
        • Control access
        • Group updating
        • Publish anywhere
      • Create team trackers
    37. Tabular Data Search and Display
      • Find tabular data and chart it
      • Upload tables
      • Going social end of 2008
      Almost 3 million tables & 179 million graphs
    38. Political Contributions by State www.graphwise.com/?dn=GoogleMapGadget
    39. Freebase
      • 3.38 million topics
      • Facts and statistics
      • “built by the community and for the community—free for anyone to query, contribute to, built applications on top of, or integrate into their websites”
      • Creative Commons “attribution” license
      www.freebase.com
    40.  
    41. Social Sites for Data Visualization
      • Allows new kind of data analysis
      • Caters to the curious and serious, statistician and the citizen
      • Important new medium
    42. Social Data Sites Photo by maqroll Slide: Tom Coates, Yahoo!
    43. Social Data Tools Gapminder Swivel Many Eyes
    44. Swivel
    45. Swivel – Tasty Data Goodies http://www.swivel.com Does bowling really burn the most calories?
    46. Data Badge
    47. Many Eyes from IBM Alphaworks http://services.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/home
    48. Why is the Sun Called a Dwarf Star? http://services.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/view/SJjqGFsOtha6ICEU6EQIF2-
    49. Love – Analyzing Textual Works
    50. Many Eyes
      • 1. View and discuss visualizations
      • 2. View and discuss data sets
      • 3. Create visualizations from existing data sets
      • If you register, you can also:
      • 4. Rate data sets and visualizations
      • 5. Upload your own data
      • 6. Create and participate in topic hubs
      • 7. Select items to watch
      • 8. Track your contributions, watchlist, and topic hubs
      • 9. See comments that others have written to you
    51. Amazon API -shows relationships between movies, actors, directors ... **mashup and visualization**
    52. Trendalyzer / Gapminder Video of Hans Rosling showing the gapminder software and lively animations of world development trends.
    53. Like to Play with Code illustrator Howard V Brown  Photo: Radio Rover Creative Commons
    54. Google Visualization API
      • Uses the visualization techniques from Gapminder - motion charts
      • flashy 3D funnels
      • pyramids, pie & donuts
      • time series charts (stock prices)
      • data gauges
      • geographical heat maps
      • Gantt charts
      Supported in Google Docs Spreadsheets & some new Gadgets
    55. Yahoo Charting API http:// developer.yahoo.com/yui/docs/module_charts.html
    56. More Tools
      • Emprise JavaScript Charts
        • http://www.ejschart.com/
      • PHP/SWF Charts
        • http://www.maani.us/charts
    57. Getting Started with Data Visualizations is Easy
      • Step 1 – Get an idea
      • Step 2 – Create an account
      • Step 3 – Read the fine print about use
      • Step 4 – Create it!
      • API: Sign up for a developer token
        • http://aws.amazon.com/
        • http://www.google.com/apis/maps/
        • http://api.search.yahoo.com/webservices/register_application
    58. Three Ideas
      • Chart a week
        • DataPlace
      • Google Maps
        • Library, Historical Buildings etc.
      • Frappr
        • Pushpins to mark places in our town mentioned in fictional works
    59. Frappr http://www.frappr.com/blogginglibrarians/ Google API Community contributed content Easy to use of anyone
    60. Thank you
      • Darlene Fichter
        • [email_address]
        • library2.usask.ca/~fichter/

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