Torstein Hønsi from Vevstein Web has created a really impressive Javascript charting library. Highcharts allows a developer to easily include interactive charts in websites or webapplications. Highcharts currently supports line, spline, area, areaspline, column, bar, pie and scatter chart types. Read more
From the Microsoft Live Labs comes a new and ambitious experiment called Pivot. It allows a user to browse huge lists of items in a powerful, informative and fun way. Read more
Google just released a new Google Labs project called Image Swirl. It is a visual search engine for images built to explore search queries from different visual perspectives. Read more
ASK KEN™ is sort of a Node-Link diagram that allows to visually navigate through interconnected topics provided by the Freebase Service. It takes advantage of the latest HTML5 features by using the canvas element for drawing the graph dynamically. Read more
I recently stumbled upond a Visualization Framework that seems to be around for quite some time now: InfiView. A video introduction has opened my eyes for it and I thought I share it with our readers. Read more
Cartagen (http://cartagen.org) is a vector-based, client-side framework for rendering maps in native HTML 5. Written in JavaScript, it uses the new Canvas element to load mapping data from various sources, including OpenStreetMap. Read more
As data visualization often needs to reach a broad audience the browser is becoming the number one tool to publish and share visualizations. We've collected 13 JavaScript visualization frameworks that help you get started faster, keep it flexible and develop with higher reliability. Read more
Flow Maps are a useful way to display changing values in geocraphical context. A team of researchers from the Stanford University have released a paper about their algorythm for computer generated Flow Maps. Read more
What do you do if you have a dataset, say an Excel file and you need to map that data. Maybe you plan to do a ModestMaps application but the data doesn't have any geolocations. Let's see how you could go about the problem and how you can use a new application called Mapspread for this purpose. Read more
Ever had the need to communicate data clearly without having to distribute the raw data? Maybe by quickly include an interactive chart in a webpage? Then FusionCharts Google Gadget maybe the perfect solution for you. Read more
Jer Thorp from blrprnt.com has published some screenshots from one of his newest projects "Flu Genomics". While there isn't much information available yet about the tool itself, Jer has put together an excellent explanation about the working process he used for this project. Read more
Google has recently published a Pre-Alpha version of one of the newest Google Labs projects called Google Fusion Tables. Fusion Tables provide the abillity to visualize tabular data in various ways. Similarity to Many Eyes or the NY Times Visualization Lab are obvious, let's see how Google makes a difference. Read more
To successfully visualize your ideas you need adequate tools. Pencil and paper for basic ideas. Pixel or Vector graphics for more precision. Scripting languages for interactive visualizations. Serverside data processing for dynamic or real-time visualizations. To give you an overview over the best tools available we introduce libraries, applications, web services and so on.
