Information Searching Using Visualizations Jeff Wisniewski Darlene Fichter Web Services Librarian Data Librarian U of Pittsburgh U of Saskatchewan See It, Find It ™ October 22, 2009

Information Searching Using Visualizations

Jeff Wisniewski Darlene Fichter Web Services Librarian Data Librarian U of Pittsburgh U of Saskatchewan

The web is grand. Too bad there’s so much of it.

The web is grant. Too bad there’s so much of it. A search for dog returns 44 million results.

Libraries are also grand…too bad they have so much stuff

Forecast: cloudy

Would the real Bond please step forward? (James) bond Stocks and bonds Baseball Family ties

(James) bond

Stocks and bonds

Baseball

Family ties

How about pulling out concepts?

How about pulling out “visualizing” concepts?

How about visual feedback as you limit?

I know it when I see it. Who doesn’t recognize a book by its cover? Find more like this? Searching for images using images

Who doesn’t recognize a book by its cover?

Find more like this?

Searching for images using images

BYO Image

Select site to search and enter keywords into oSkope

oSkope results in list view mode.

oSkope results in grid view mode.

oSkope results in pile view mode.

Pile and grid would rule for search history. Recognition vs. recall Want icing on your cake? Pile in reverse chronological order Pile by term in reverse order Pile by day / date

Recognition vs. recall

Want icing on your cake?

Pile in reverse chronological order

Pile by term in reverse order

Pile by day / date

Lists are great but graphs can be better.

oSkope results in graph mode. Pagerank Price

Spectra visual newsreader

What about the other visual search engines?

Quintura offers concept map and lists in a dual view.

Quintura has an image search.

Would kids like this?

Or this?

Look familiar?

Now I know where I’ve seen you!

Using visual search to find visuals.

When words are hard to come by: TinEye & Piximilar http://ideeinc.com/products/tineye/demo-screencast

What are these called?

You’re so vain, you probably think this search engine is about you. My quick tests to find similar images turned up “null” until I tried their own logo.

Find me something like this. Demo http://www.tiltomo.com

Demo

http://www.tiltomo.com

Photosynth Live demo – photosynth.com Download viewer/creator file to start searching A “synth” is created by analyzing the image to stitch overlapping photos together Viewer provides a 3D like immersive experience

Live demo – photosynth.com

Download viewer/creator file to start searching

A “synth” is created by analyzing the image to stitch overlapping photos together

Viewer provides a 3D like immersive experience

3D Results and Immersive Results U b rowser – neat to look at but ?

U b rowser – neat to look at but ?

Visual on the go: oMoby

Visual search gobbles up more resources. Bandwidth Screen – sometimes bigger is better Mobile search is hot, so sometimes visual is better on small screens then text Play nice with others Graphics hardware Accessibility

Bandwidth

Screen – sometimes bigger is better

Mobile search is hot, so sometimes visual is better on small screens then text

Play nice with others

Graphics hardware

Accessibility

Resources AquaBrowser http://www.aquabrowser.com BYO Image http://labs.ideeinc.com/upload/ Colr pickr http://krazydad.com/colrpickr/ Encore http://www.iii.com/products/encore.shtml Grokker http://www.grokker.com iTunes http://www.apple.com/itunes/ oMoby: http://www.omoby.com uBrowser http://ubrowser.en.softonic.com/

AquaBrowser http://www.aquabrowser.com

BYO Image http://labs.ideeinc.com/upload/

Colr pickr http://krazydad.com/colrpickr/

Encore http://www.iii.com/products/encore.shtml

Grokker http://www.grokker.com

iTunes http://www.apple.com/itunes/

oMoby: http://www.omoby.com

uBrowser http://ubrowser.en.softonic.com/

Resources oSkope http://www.oskope.com/ Tiltomo http://www.tiltomo.com TinEye http://www.tineye.com/ Photosynth http://photosynth.net/ Quintara http://www.quintura.com/ SearchMe http://www.searchme.com/ Spectra newsreader http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/components/spectra/index.html uBrowser http://ubrowser.en.softonic.com/

oSkope http://www.oskope.com/

Tiltomo http://www.tiltomo.com

TinEye http://www.tineye.com/

Photosynth http://photosynth.net/

Quintara http://www.quintura.com/

SearchMe http://www.searchme.com/

Spectra newsreader http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/components/spectra/index.html

uBrowser http://ubrowser.en.softonic.com/

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