2011-07-21

Resources on Visualization

Enrico Bertini and Jorge Camoes presented their favorite resources on information visualisation. Surfing the free courses mentioned in Bertini's article,
I read about some interesting techniques I wish to learn more about (later)
  • edge bundling when visualizing graphs
  • Dorling circular cartograms named after Danny Dorling. The algorithm is described in Dorling, D. (1996) Area Cartograms: Their Use and Creation. Concepts and Techniques in Modern Geography, 59, 69 pages. Norwich: Geobooks
  • determining the optimal aspect ratio of a line graph by the shape of the graph