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* [http://simile.mit.edu/ SIMILE] at MIT  | * [http://simile.mit.edu/ SIMILE] at MIT  | ||
| − | * [http://mbostock.github.com/d3/ Data-Driven Documents] (or d3.js) is a javascript library with many kinds of visualizations like cloropeth map, treemap, streamgraph, etc.  | + | * [http://mbostock.github.com/d3/ Data-Driven Documents] (or d3.js) is a javascript library with many kinds of visualizations like cloropeth map, treemap, streamgraph, etc. A good example of how it works can be found at '''[http://flowingdata.com/2012/08/02/how-to-make-an-interactive-network-visualization/ How to Make an Interactive Network Visualization]''' ([http://projects.flowingdata.com/tut/interactive_network_demo/ Demo]).  | 
* [http://misoproject.com/ The Miso Project], an open source toolkit designed to expedite the creation of high-quality interactive storytelling and data visualisation content (by The Guardian and Bocoup].  | * [http://misoproject.com/ The Miso Project], an open source toolkit designed to expedite the creation of high-quality interactive storytelling and data visualisation content (by The Guardian and Bocoup].  | ||
Revision as of 02:13, 3 August 2012
Some applications may be listed under Network Analysis instead of Data Visualization.
- A good list: 28 Rich Data Visualization Tools at O'Reilly's InsideRIA.
 - Another good list: Data Visualization at DiRT.
 - Yet another selection at Datavisualization.ch
 
Projects
- SIMILE at MIT
 - Data-Driven Documents (or d3.js) is a javascript library with many kinds of visualizations like cloropeth map, treemap, streamgraph, etc. A good example of how it works can be found at How to Make an Interactive Network Visualization (Demo).
 - The Miso Project, an open source toolkit designed to expedite the creation of high-quality interactive storytelling and data visualisation content (by The Guardian and Bocoup].
 
Tools
Mind Mapping/Drawing
- FreeMind, "premier free mind-mapping software written in Java"
 - Mindmeister, like FreeMind, but online
 - http://cmap.ihmc.us/ Cmap]
 - TheBrain
 - MindRaider, Semantic Web outliner
 - Mindomo
 
Other tools from the NMC list
Other lists
Network Mapping/Drawing
- Tulip, and an example.
 - Constellation (see also).
 - TouchGraph (online) and TouchGraph (download at sourceforge)
 - Graphviz, Graph Visualization Software
 - Visual Understanding Environment
 - PersonalBrain
 - HyperGraph
 - NetDraw, a free program [...] for visualizing both 1-mode and 2-mode social network data
 - Ubigraph, in 3D, requires coding skills and runs on Linux and Mac
 - NodeXL, MicroSoft solution/template to draw network graphs in MS Excel 2007 (formerly known as .NetMap)
 - yFiles, provides algorithms and components enabling the analysis, visualization, and the automatic layout of graphs, diagrams, and networks
 - Visual Understanding Environment, focused on creating flexible tools for managing and integrating digital resources in support of teaching, learning and research.
 - GoVisual Diagram Editor
 
Timeline Drawing
- Timeline, to write HTML timelines with javascript.
 - Timeplot, Timeplot is a DHTML-based AJAXy widget for plotting time series and overlay time-based events over them (with the same data formats that Timeline supports).
 - Timeline Tool 2.0 at UBC Learning Tools
 - Timeline, by Vérité.co
 
Online tools/platforms
Data Visualization through Maps
- Kartograph
 - UUorld: UUorld (pronounced "world") provides an immersive mapping environment, high-quality data, and critical analysis tools.
 - Google Fusion Tables
 - ChartsBin
 
Charts
- Many Eyes, for shared visualization and discovery
 - Chart.io
 - Prefuse, A Java-based toolkit for building interactive information visualization applications (manual).
 - Protovis
 - Flare
 - Streamgraph: example1, example2, sourcecode
 - Swivel
 - StatPlot
 - Tableau Public
 - JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit
 - Soitu
 - GeoAnalytics Visualization Framework
 - iCharts
 - Widgenie
 - Timetric
 - Track-n-Graph
 - Trendrr
 - Verifiable
 - Trend Compass, is a data visualization software using the latest and most powerful ideas in data visualization which is the Animated Motion Chart. Examples: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15]
 
Lists
- Google Visualization API Gadget Gallery and Google Fusion Tables
 - Data Visualization: Modern Approaches
 - A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods
 - 16 Awesome Data Visualization Tools
 - Network Visualization, by Lars Kirchhoff
 - Visual Complexity