data-visualization

Multi-Dimensional Graphing Libraries for Java

I have been working on projects that deal with 2-Dimensional graphing, UML diagramming and relational graphing (node-link diagrams). I am interested in moving to projects that deal more with 3-Dimensional graphing of scatter plots and 3-Dimensional navigation. Could someone suggest a few books, or libraries that would help me get started...

Algorithms to eliminate or display outliers in a dataset.

I am trying to visualize a large multi-dimensional dataset. Each dimension has a different range. Values in one column may range between 0-100 while values in another could range from a few hundred thousand to a few hundred million. Therefore it is really hard to show a graph with a reasonable scale. I would like to visualize them using ...

what are the requirements (skill sets) for data/information visualization job?

Anyone here having data/information visualization job? what are the requirements for the job? (skill sets) how to go about looking for such jobs? what books/blogs would you recommend to pick up the necessary skills? any idea regarding the salary range for such jobs? ...

Network graph visualizer

I need to get a 2d picture of a network graph. I know the topology. Is there any tool which will help me do so? ...

Velodyne LIDAR 3D point cloud visualization

VELODYNE'S HDL-64E is A HIGH DEFINITION LIDAR SENSOR FOR 3-D APPLICATIONS. I have a task of generating a surface from point data set.Is there any code just to visualize the point cloud , like the one shown here ...

Is there a non-Adobe equivalent of Axiis?

I want something like Axiis, but without using Flex or other Adobe products. ...

choosing a diagramming library for .Net

Hello, I have a customer who needs to convert a diagramming application (which was developed in MFC a long time ago) to C#. The application displays large networks (lots of graphical elements), and lets the user edit/manipulate the data through a graphical ui. I decided that it would be best to use a library rather than to develop all ...

trying to find the name of a particular data visualization technique...

I'm having a hard time describing a Flash program that uses a sort of hub-spoke data visualization technique. As the user navigates to a particular term, any term that is directly related would be represented with a line extending outward from the current term to the related term. Similar to how spokes extend from the hub of a wheel. So...

Data Visualization: Plotting friendship relations

I guess those who have worked in communities and social networks might have some experience in this. I am trying to plot a graph of all the friendships that exists on my site and in doing so identify clusters of strongly interconnected users. Does anyone have any experience in doing something like this? Also, does SQL Server 2008 BI ...

How to hide zero values in bar3 plot in MATLAB

I've got a 2-D histogram (the plot is 3D - several histograms graphed side by side) that I've generated with the bar3 plot command. However, all the zero values show up as flat squares in the x-y plane. Is there a way I can prevent MATLAB from displaying the values? I already tried replacing all zeros with NaNs, but it didn't change a...

Visualisation of Tree Hierachy in HTML

I am looking of inspiration for doing interaction design on a hierachy/tree structure. (products with a number of subproducts, rules that apply for selecting subproducts). I want to have a tree where there is a visible connection between sub-nodes and their parent node. And i also want to visualize which rules that apply for selecting t...

Web visualisations for data?

I would like to display a bunch of data in a meaningful way through visualizations on a site. I have been experimenting with RaphaelJS library, but performance on IE8 is terrible, and HTML5 canvas is still not widely supported. So I'm left with Flash and any existing libraries. On the flash side there seem to be many, but because of ...

Force a gap between points on the x axis (MS .Net Chart Controls, Column Chart)

I have a column chart with multiple series each containing multiple points. Currently the columns all touch each other. I want to force a gap between each column. How can I achieve this? I found that applying a PointWidth (Chart1.Series[seriesName]["PointWidth"] = (0.6).ToString();) gives me a separation between the x value groups but n...

Hide labels in pie charts (MS Chart for .Net)

I can't seem to find the property that controls visibility of labels in pie charts. I need to turn the labels off as the information is available in the legend. Anyone know what property I can use in code behind? I tried setting the series labels to nothing Chart1.Series[i].Label = string.Empty; but the labels seem to show up anyway....

Command line script or software tools to label 3d point cloud dataset

How can i label a 3d point cloud dataset? is there a software which can load a text file containing x,y,z values and then visualize it , so that I can label it ? ...

How can I learn to create beautiful infographics (with connection to my R knowledge)?

Hello all. I am a devoted R (r-project.org) user, and love infographics. I just came across this article: http://www.noupe.com/design/fantastic-information-architecture-resources.html Giving a long list of resources for information designers. And it raised in me the desire to do more beautiful (not just informative) R plots. Do you have...

Visualization from C/C++ via Gnuplot's pipe interface

I am attempting to use the pipe interface to gnuplot (a standard one gnuplot_i.{cpp,hpp}) in order to generate a real time display of values that are continually changing within another program written in C++. This works ok but I wanted to see if anyone had any suggestions for improvement. This implementation contains a convenience met...

Relational database data explorer / visualization?

Is there a tool that can let one browse relational data as a graph of connected nodes? For example, i'm faced with trying to cleanse some anomolous data. i can start with two offending rows. In this particular example, the TransactionID should, by business rules, be unique to the table, but i find a transaction that violates that rule: ...

How to set a viewable area for a WPF Line Series Chart

Hi I'm using the .NET Data Visualization Toolkit to create charts in WPF. My application basically adds a new value to the chart every second and redraw the chart. The problem is that I only want to display 100 points on the x-axis at any given time but the chart seems to redraw itself with all the values. Is there a way to display a ...

Are there any PHP code visualization tools?

Looking for software that will analyze php code (i.e. all of wordpress or the thematic theme) and show me pretty pictures (perhaps a block diagram) of all the connections to help me more quickly get an understanding of where things are and what's connected to what. Ideally, this software would run on a Mac, but I'll take anything: Windo...