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Complete tree of life visualization using d3 and Catalog of Life

52 points by bpodgursky 11y ago

CamperBob2 11y ago
This would be absurdly cool if it pulled in Wikimedia images and/or called up the corresponding Wikipedia articles in a frame.
- bpodgursky 11y ago
  I know, I know, when I have time... pull requests are also welcome : )
ekoontz 11y ago
Very nice.. Found my own species in a few click!
bane 11y ago
This is very nicely done, but I wouldn't call it a "visualization", more of a "navigator". However, in the best kind of interface design, the data is the interface, and I'm all for that.
pierrec 11y ago
If you want a phylogenetic tree navigator demo that will blow your mind, check out the extremely smooth hyperbolic tree demo from js_of_ocaml: https://ocsigen.org/js_of_ocaml/2.6/files/hyperbolic/index.html https://ocsigen.org/js_of_ocaml/2.6/files/hyperbolic/index.h... I fantasize about this being applied to a more exhaustive tree of life. You could almost make a game out of it.
- Symbiote 11y ago
  There's http://www.onezoom.org/ http://www.onezoom.org/ which also has a nicer interface. Though it's good to see anyone experimenting with freely available biodiversity data. It's also my job to provide it.
rogerthatt 11y ago
I've always wanted to use D3 for something but can never find a reason to use it!
limbicsystem 11y ago
Or this http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/labs/lab/evolution/research#/evo/deeptree http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/labs/lab/evolution/research#/ev...
qab 11y ago
Oh dear The Taxacom experts are less than enthusiastic ... « Hi all, I can't say that I would recommend this so-called "tree". It is not only incomplete, but it is not really a tree (just a series of interconnected bushes). The most noticeable is the omission of a lot of photosynthetic phyla, such as Chlorophyta and Rhodophyta, and especially most taxa in Kingdom Chromista (where are the diatoms, phaeophytes, xanthophytes, chrysophytes, etc.). This "tree" needs a lot of work. http://markmail.org/message/h32kgtoum6zri3ev?q=thread:3mg7wc4m63jgb727 http://markmail.org/message/h32kgtoum6zri3ev?q=thread:3mg7wc...
- bpodgursky 11y ago
  Oh well. I'm happy to use a more complete corpus if one is available. But I don't have nearly the expertise to do any manual cleanup or patching.

52 points by bpodgursky 11y ago

This would be absurdly cool if it pulled in Wikimedia images and/or called up the corresponding Wikipedia articles in a frame.

bpodgursky 11y ago
I know, I know, when I have time... pull requests are also welcome : )

ekoontz 11y ago

Very nice.. Found my own species in a few click!

bane 11y ago

This is very nicely done, but I wouldn't call it a "visualization", more of a "navigator". However, in the best kind of interface design, the data is the interface, and I'm all for that.

pierrec 11y ago

If you want a phylogenetic tree navigator demo that will blow your mind, check out the extremely smooth hyperbolic tree demo from js_of_ocaml: https://ocsigen.org/js_of_ocaml/2.6/files/hyperbolic/index.html https://ocsigen.org/js_of_ocaml/2.6/files/hyperbolic/index.h... I fantasize about this being applied to a more exhaustive tree of life. You could almost make a game out of it.

Symbiote 11y ago
There's http://www.onezoom.org/ http://www.onezoom.org/ which also has a nicer interface. Though it's good to see anyone experimenting with freely available biodiversity data. It's also my job to provide it.

rogerthatt 11y ago

I've always wanted to use D3 for something but can never find a reason to use it!

limbicsystem 11y ago

Or this http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/labs/lab/evolution/research#/evo/deeptree http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/labs/lab/evolution/research#/ev...

qab 11y ago

Oh dear The Taxacom experts are less than enthusiastic ... « Hi all, I can't say that I would recommend this so-called "tree". It is not only incomplete, but it is not really a tree (just a series of interconnected bushes). The most noticeable is the omission of a lot of photosynthetic phyla, such as Chlorophyta and Rhodophyta, and especially most taxa in Kingdom Chromista (where are the diatoms, phaeophytes, xanthophytes, chrysophytes, etc.). This "tree" needs a lot of work. http://markmail.org/message/h32kgtoum6zri3ev?q=thread:3mg7wc4m63jgb727 http://markmail.org/message/h32kgtoum6zri3ev?q=thread:3mg7wc...

bpodgursky 11y ago
Oh well. I'm happy to use a more complete corpus if one is available. But I don't have nearly the expertise to do any manual cleanup or patching.