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The "flagship" data visualization seems to be the one Hans Rosling [1] is famous for, and that Google acquired from Gap Minder. I think this is just the tip of
by andreyf 17y ago
The "flagship" data visualization seems to be the one Hans Rosling [1] is famous for, and that Google acquired from Gap Minder. I think this is just the tip of the iceberg for interactive data visualization - something made possible by personal computers, but certainly won't be the last we'll see. It's a great first example of our technology being used not as a "better" version of what came before, but a step into what was impossible on the former medium (paper).
Two interesting related questions: (1) what is possible by combining these with a multitouch interface? (2) aside from "drag this slider back and forth", what kind of interaction would be useful?
1. http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_y...
- sp332 17y agoThe animations are pretty much the same as from http://graphs.gapminder.org/world/ http://graphs.gapminder.org/world/ I recommend watching some videos from http://www.gapminder.org/videos/ http://www.gapminder.org/videos/ , they have a lot of great stuff in there.
- fnid2 17y agoThey are built in flash, so they won't work on the iphone, but the same thing can be done in Canvas. But I don't have an iPhone, so maybe canvas doesn't work there either. What does work on the iphone? Raphael?
- rendezvouscp 17y agoBoth Canvas and Raphael work on the iPhone (and well, I might say: I don’t think I’ve run into hiccups with using Canvas or SVG, but I haven’t stretched them to their limits either).