1. Visualizing Data
Lisa Kurt, Emerging Technologies Librarian, University of Nevada, Reno
lkurt@unr.edu
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/