[open-visualisation] open-visualisation Digest, Vol 17, Issue 1

Thu Apr 1 22:55:07 UTC 2010

Hi,

Your selection look really nice !
For your project I think one of the priority is how to embeded the 
visualisation in simple web browser ?

So in javascript you have also this :

- raphael : http://raphaeljs.com/
- JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit : http://thejit.org/
- protovis : http://vis.stanford.edu/protovis/
- jQuery Sparklines : http://omnipotent.net/jquery.sparkline/
- tufte-graph : http://xaviershay.github.com/tufte-graph/
- plotkit : http://www.liquidx.net/plotkit/
- jqPlot :http://www.jqplot.com/
- 
http://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/update_to_jquery_visualize_accessible_charts_with_html5_from_designing_with
- jqchart : 
http://jsgt.org/lib/jquery/plugin/jqchart/sample/v002/test-use-gradient.html

- and other in flash also... like http://asterisq.com/

for myself I'm a big fan of processing.
see you @ okconf

best
sam

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> Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:40:20 +0100 (BST)
> From: Lisa Evans <lisa.evans at okfn.org>
> Subject: [open-visualisation] open source visualisation software
> To: open-visualisation at lists.okfn.org
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> Hi,
>
> I'm new to this list, so I will briefly introduce myself: I'm involved in 
> the OKFN as a researcher for the 'Where Does My Money Go' project. I 
> joined this mailing list to help make a good list of open source 
> visualisation software.
>
> We have a long list of software tools at:
>
> http://wiki.okfn.org/OpenVisualisation
>
> I'm looking at a select few in more detail here:
>
> http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcc9h7b6_38q9594qfj
>
> Please let me know if you agree with my selection and make suggestions for 
> software you think is worth looking at in more detail.
>
> I look forward to hearing from you,
>
> Lisa
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:26:14 +0100
> From: Nils Gehlenborg <nils at ebi.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: [open-visualisation] open source visualisation software
> To: Lisa Evans <lisa.evans at okfn.org>
> Cc: open-visualisation at lists.okfn.org
> Message-ID: <9F40B350-D752-4FA7-8002-2CF979022345 at ebi.ac.uk>
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> Hi Lisa,
>
> Not sure how relevant this is for you at the moment, but I saw that you also have a few bioinformatics programs in your list of domain-specific tools. Have a look at this Nature Methods Special Feature of visualization of biological data for a very recent review of what is available in that area (mostly open source tools):
>
> http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v7/n3s/index.html
>
> A few more general toolkits and tools that I didn't see on your list:
>
> - Protovis: http://www.protovis.org
> - Raphael: http://www.raphaeljs.com
> - Axiis: http://www.axiis.org
> - Flot: http://code.google.com/p/flot
> - Tulip: http://tulip.labri.fr/TulipDrupal/
> - Gephi: http://gephi.org/
>
> I can definitely recommend you to have a closer look at Protovis and Raphael.
>
> Cheers,
> Nils
>
>
>
> On Mar 31, 2010, at 4:40 PM, Lisa Evans wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm new to this list, so I will briefly introduce myself: I'm involved in the OKFN as a researcher for the 'Where Does My Money Go' project. I joined this mailing list to help make a good list of open source visualisation software.
>>
>> We have a long list of software tools at:
>>
>> http://wiki.okfn.org/OpenVisualisation
>>
>> I'm looking at a select few in more detail here:
>>
>> http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcc9h7b6_38q9594qfj
>>
>> Please let me know if you agree with my selection and make suggestions for software you think is worth looking at in more detail.
>>
>> I look forward to hearing from you,
>>
>> Lisa
>>
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> Nils Gehlenborg
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> Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
> Cambridge CB10 1SD
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 09:26:21 +0100
> From: David Jones <drj at ravenbrook.com>
> Subject: [open-visualisation] drj: an introduction
> To: open-visualisation at lists.okfn.org
> Message-ID: <6C73EE26-BB3A-4B77-B368-02AEA0215433 at ravenbrook.com>
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> I joined this list at Lisa's prompting.  I'm a software consultant  
> for Ravenbrook Limited, a contributor to the Clear Climate Code  
> project, clearclimatecode.org, and sometime blogger for OKFN.
>
> My interest in visualisation comes from the programming side (my  
> background and training are in maths and computer science, I have no  
> visual arts training (or skills!)): How can we best program good  
> visualisations?
>
> I tend to have a preference for a rather "bare bones" approach,  
> avoiding specialised tools and frameworks.  Consequently I like  
> Python and Google Charts (more on that later).  Python and Google  
> Charts are used to make the (rather simple) charts in these blog  
> posts: http://clearclimatecode.org/trendy/ and http://blog.okfn.org/ 
> 2010/02/24/a-tour-of-climate-data-at-ckan/
>
> drj
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 11:07:22 +0100
> From: David Jones <drj at ravenbrook.com>
> Subject: Re: [open-visualisation] open source visualisation software
> To: Lisa Evans <lisa.evans at okfn.org>
> Cc: open-visualisation at lists.okfn.org
> Message-ID: <E7916FD5-B269-4523-AC53-F81A7C8FBC78 at ravenbrook.com>
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> On 31 Mar 2010, at 16:40, Lisa Evans wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm new to this list, so I will briefly introduce myself: I'm  
>> involved in the OKFN as a researcher for the 'Where Does My Money  
>> Go' project. I joined this mailing list to help make a good list of  
>> open source visualisation software.
>>
>> We have a long list of software tools at:
>>
>> http://wiki.okfn.org/OpenVisualisation
>>
>> I'm looking at a select few in more detail here:
>>
>> http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcc9h7b6_38q9594qfj
>>     
>
> The problem with lists is that they get long.  The problem with  
> visualisation software is that there are way too many to choose from  
> and it seems hard to evaluate them (for example, of the 7 on your  
> hand-picked list, I have only heard of 2 of them).
>
> Would it be a good idea to try and get a few of the list members to  
> write a short review of their favourite visualisation software, what  
> they use it for and why they like it? (I've just written one for  
> OmniGraffle, but now I realise you were asking about Open Source).
>
> Your google doc is a start at that, but if we (or you at any rate!)  
> are writing reviews we may as well pool them.
>
> drj
>
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