general systems |
Tableau powerful and flexible database vis
(commercial version of Polaris) ggplot2 statistical graphics / plotting system for R, based on Wilkinson Grammar of Graphics |
processing |
Processing main
page Learning Processing OpenProcessing.org Examples by Ben Fry Using Processing in Eclipse |
other vis toolkits |
Protovis D3 Prefuse Flare Piccolo Microsoft Vedea 25 Tools 75+ Tools ILOG JIT: JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit Improvise |
dimensionality reduction |
ggobi DR and statistical graphics package (windows, mac, linux)
DimStiller, java DR framework includes MDS, PCA, and dimensionality estimators Glimmer MDS, C++. GPU version requires recent nVidia graphics card, CPU version runs anywhere MDS Isomap matlab LLE matlab SOM |
graph drawing |
graphviz static layouts
Gephi interactive viewing/filtering, forcedirected and multilevel layouts, metrics Tulip handles large data Large Graph Layout yfiles (evaluation version available) AiSee (noncommercial/trial version available) ILOG JViews commercial Tom Sawyer commercial, trial available Pajek, Windows-only H3, 3D hyperbolic graphs through spanning trees, free for noncommercial use |
presentations |
How to Give a Talk Paul N. Edwards |
writing | Writing
Correctness and Style Pet Peeves, Tamara Munzner |
Fell In Love With Data, Enrico Bertini Visual Business Intelligence, Stephen Few Eager Eyes, Robert Kosara infovis wiki, Vienna infovis.net, Juan C. Durstler Statistical Graphics, Martin Theus Functional Color, Maureen Stone Well-Formed Data, Moritz Stefaner Flowing Data, Nathan Yau information aesthetics, Andrew Vande Moere visual complexity, Manuel Lima Ask ET, Edward Tufte Information Wants to be Seen, TJ Jankun-Kelly |