Oledeuff. PlatformAlreadyMapped < MappingControversies.net. The Best Tools for Visualization. Visualization is a technique to graphically represent sets of data. When data is large or abstract, visualization can help make the data easier to read or understand. There are visualization tools for search, music, networks, online communities, and almost anything else you can think of.
Whether you want a desktop application or a web-based tool, there are many specific tools are available on the web that let you visualize all kinds of data. Here are some of the best: Visualize Social Networks Last.Forward: Thanks to Last.fm's new widget gallery, you can now explore a wide selection of extras to extend your Last.fm experience. Last Forward Friends Sociomap: Friends Sociomap is another Last.fm tools that generates a map of the music compatibility between you and your Last.fm friends.
Fidg't: Fidg't is a desktop application that gives you a way to view your networks tagging habits. Fidg't The Digg Tools: One more: Digg Radar. YouTube: Visualize Music Musicovery Last.fm music visual tools: Amazon. FlowingData | Data Visualization and Statistics. 17 Ways to Visualize the Twitter Universe | FlowingData. I just created a new Twitter account, and it got me to thinking about all the data visualization I've seen for Twitter tweets.
I felt like I'd seen a lot, and it turns out there are quite a few. Here they are grouped into four categories - network diagrams, maps, analytics, and abstract. Network Diagrams Twitter is a social network with friends (and strangers) linking up with each other and sharing tweets aplenty. Twitter Browser Twitter Social Network Analysis The ebiquity group did some cluster analysis and managed to group tweets by topic.
Twitter Vrienden Twitter in Red I'm not completely sure how to read this one. Twitter Network Maps When you create a Twitter account, you can enter where you are located, so in my case, I put New York. TwiterVision Yeah, it's a Google Maps mashup, but a bit better than what you're used to seeing. TwitterVision3d It's TwitterVision taken to the next dimension. Analytics TweetStat TweetVolume TwitStat TwitterMeter Abstract 24 o'clocks TweetPad. 10 Amazing Visualizations of Social Networks | Social Media Trader. Visualiser les lieux sociaux avec SONIVIS at Savoirs en réseau. Visualisation graphique de l'information - [Documentation Rouen]
Interview. Ben Shneiderman | Visualize data GCN Interview Ben Shneiderman ARE COMPUTERS making everyone more visual? Perhaps, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, said Ben Shneiderman , professor of computer science at the University of Maryland. Shneiderman has long been interested in the relationship between people and computers. He was founding director of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at the University of Maryland, which designs, implements and evaluates new interface technologies. He is the author of more than 200 technical papers and several books, including 'Leonardo's Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies,' which won the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' 2003 award for distinguished literary contribution. SHNEIDERMAN: The early computer technologies were based on punch cards and lines of text.