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Prezi - Ideas matter. Great tools for data visualization. Most data is meaningless to most people — unless it is visualized. Stepping beyond familiar visualizations like bar charts and pie charts, there are many approaches to visualizing data, from mapping (e.g., color coding a map to show voting patterns) to visualizing networks (e.g., the links between people). You are not limited to Microsoft Excel, or your own programming abilities. We’re now in an awesome generation for visualization, with dozens of freely available software libraries — which developers have spent months (or years!) Building. Increasingly these use Javascript (so they work in all browsers and mobile devices). Arbor.js is a library of force-directed layout algorithms plus abstractions for graph organization and refresh handling.

CartoDB is a web service for mapping, analyzing and building applications with data. Circos is a software package for visualizing data in a circular layout. Cubism.js is a library for creating interactive time series and horizon graphs based on D3.js. The Internet map. Visualizing.org | Data Visualizations, Challenges, Community.

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Visual Thinking. 10 Awesome Free Tools To Make Infographics. Advertisement Who can resist a colourful, thoughtful venn diagram anyway? In terms of blogging success, infographics are far more likely to be shared than your average blog post. This means more eyeballs on your important information, more people rallying for your cause, more backlinks and more visits to your blog. In short, a quality infographic done well could be what your blog needs right now. Designing An Infographic Some great tips for designing infographics: Keep it simple! Ideas for infographic formats include: Timelines;Flow charts;Annotated maps;Graphs;Venn diagrams;Size comparisons;Showing familiar objects or similar size or value.

Here are some great tutorials on infographic creation: Creating Your Infographic Plan and research.If required, use free software to create simple graphs and visualisations of data.Use vector graphic software to bring these visualisations into the one graphic. Free Online Tools For Creating Infographics Stat Planet Hohli Creately New York Times Many Eyes Wordle. Human Emotions. Beautiful Weather Graphs and Maps - WeatherSpark. Create infographics at infogr.am. InfoVis Toolkit. JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit Create Interactive Data Visualizations for the Web Home ● Download ● Builder ● Donate Area, Bar and Pie Charts Sunburst Icicle ForceDirected TreeMap SpaceTree RGraph HyperTree Advanced/Other copyright © 2013 SenchaLabs - Author: Nicolas Garcia Belmonte.