Data 2.0 - Harnessing New Data Visualization Tools CIL 2008
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The document discusses the rise of data visualization tools, highlighting opportunities for both professionals and amateurs to create visual representations of data using accessible technologies. It emphasizes the importance of visualizations in conveying information effectively and the growing influence of social data platforms. The document also outlines various tools and applications available for users to engage with data creatively and collaboratively.
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Data 2.0 - Harnessing New Data Visualization Tools CIL 2008
- 1. Data Visualizations Darlene Fichter [email_address] April 8, 2008 Computers in Libraries 2008
- 2. Photo by Mark Witton , Creative Commons
- 3. Outline Data Visualization Library Opportunities Social + Data Tools
- 4. Web 1.0 Realm of folks that knew HTML coding Creators: “geek” gene
- 5. Web 2.0 Everyone can participate Don’t need to know HTML Blog, wiki, .. “Amateur” professionals Citizen journalists Photographers Cartographers Question answer services The rise of the amateur statistician.
- 6. New Stage: DIY Data < 5 minutes to set up data collection < 5 minutes to build on tables to create data visualizatons: charts, graphs, maps, tag clouds No longer the purvey a select few
- 7. Power of Visualization Conveying information visually can open the hearts, minds and eyes Understanding
- 8. What We Eat http:// relevantmagazine.com/releblog/revolution/what -we-eat/ Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide Food expenditure for one week : 375.39 Euros or $500.07
- 9. Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03
- 11. Google My Maps Go to maps.google.com Click on My Maps Add pushpins plus notes to create a map Embed the code in your library site Library branches Historical buildings Locations in stories Easy to use of anyone
- 12. Web Site Structure Mapper Blue : links Red tables Green : div Violet : images Yellow : forms Orange : breaks, paragraphs .. Black : the <HTML> tag Gray : all other tags www.aharef.info/static/htmlgraph/
- 13. Little Contest Amazon www.amazon.com Phoenix Public Library www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org Wired www.wired.com Photo by Pascal Vuylsteker CC Attribution 2.5
- 14. Data Visualizations Explosion It’s a visual world Notice the growth of the use of rich information graphics and visualizations in newspapers and magazines Lots of opportunities and new tools popping up that help display data visually
- 15. Population Density of the USA www.time.com/time/covers/20061030/where_we_live/
- 16. Newsmap http://www.marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/newsmap.cfm USA Canada Both a mashup and data visualization. Compares news coverage across countries and cultures.
- 17. Data “Ecosystem” Open data Open set of services & applications (APIs) Us (creators, consumers) *API - set of routines for accessing an application or service
- 18. Open Content Web Charts, Graphs, Data Visualizations Applications
- 19. How “Free” is Data Troy Anderson’s from DataPlace – Google Tech Talk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_7MSaNXp-o (13:23)
- 20. Advantages of “Social” Data Idealistic view Cautiously optimistic Skeptical
- 21. “Idealistic” Slide from: Bricolage: Data at Play Joe Hellerstein, UC Berkeley
- 22. Now - Future Slide from: Bricolage: Data at Play Joe Hellerstein, UC Berkeley
- 23. Idealistic “ Soon, on Timepedia.org, you will be able to come join us in building the machine, or visualize, learn, and analyze our shared history, we hope for the betterment of the human condition. Sincerely, Timepedia's Staff” http://timepedia.blogspot.com/2007/11/chronoscope-released.html
- 24. Skeptical/Pessimistic Data Authority - garbage in, garbage out Deliberate misinformation, spam, errors Provenance Privacy “ Identifying “banned books” readers or by mining Amazon Wishlists and combining information with Yahoo People …
- 25. What Happens When You combine the people and data and Web 2.0 tools? Less “going with what my gut says” “ Workable ” data Reproducible results Borrow from others Level the playing field (corporations & communities) Disseminate expertise Photo by . eti Creative Commons
- 26. Spontaneous Communities Conversations around collections of data Example: flickr - High Dynamic Range photo HDR is two or more exposures Comments, community, practices Greater dynamic range of exposures
- 27. Photo: The last sunray – Barcelona by Mor ( bcnbits ) licensed under Creative Commons
- 28. Look at Some Examples How to put pretty stuff in those drops. Tutorial below: Photo by Steve Took It Creative Commons
- 29. DataPlace™ Data and maps Assemble your own geographies from neighborhood to nation Connect. Discuss. Collaborate. Host Important Discussions Online Share a Calendar Save and Distribute Important Files Share Uploaded Datasets www.dataplace.org
- 31. Under the Hood Many activities to create “Free Harmonized Data to the People” Take data that doesn’t crawl as well Harmonize it
- 32. Riddle Troy Anderson’s from DataPlace – Google Tech Talk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_7MSaNXp-o (34:00)
- 33. EveryBlock Civic information — building permits, crimes, … News articles and blog entries Web stuff – Craigslist, Yelp www.everyblock.com
- 34. Timepedia & Chronoscope Stories about our past Chronoscope is a visualization platform under development for time series datasets. Their goal is create an experience of Google Maps or Google Earth to time series data timepedia.org /chronoscope
- 35. TracknGraph Walking Tracker Investment Tracker Mood Tracker Baby Sleep Schedule Breastfeeding Tracker Weight Tracker Child Growth Tracker Calorie Counter Workout Tracker Blood Pressure Monitor www.trackngraph.com
- 36. Social Features Share Control access Group updating Publish anywhere Create team trackers
- 37. Tabular Data Search and Display Find tabular data and chart it Upload tables Going social end of 2008 Almost 3 million tables & 179 million graphs
- 38. Political Contributions by State www.graphwise.com/?dn=GoogleMapGadget
- 39. Freebase 3.38 million topics Facts and statistics “built by the community and for the community—free for anyone to query, contribute to, built applications on top of, or integrate into their websites” Creative Commons “attribution” license www.freebase.com
- 41. Social Sites for Data Visualization Allows new kind of data analysis Caters to the curious and serious, statistician and the citizen Important new medium
- 42. Social Data Sites Photo by maqroll Slide: Tom Coates, Yahoo!
- 43. Social Data Tools Gapminder Swivel Many Eyes
- 44. Swivel
- 45. Swivel – Tasty Data Goodies http://www.swivel.com Does bowling really burn the most calories?
- 46. Data Badge
- 47. Many Eyes from IBM Alphaworks http://services.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/home
- 48. Why is the Sun Called a Dwarf Star? http://services.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/view/SJjqGFsOtha6ICEU6EQIF2-
- 49. Love – Analyzing Textual Works
- 50. Many Eyes 1. View and discuss visualizations 2. View and discuss data sets 3. Create visualizations from existing data sets If you register, you can also: 4. Rate data sets and visualizations 5. Upload your own data 6. Create and participate in topic hubs 7. Select items to watch 8. Track your contributions, watchlist, and topic hubs 9. See comments that others have written to you
- 51. Amazon API -shows relationships between movies, actors, directors ... **mashup and visualization**
- 52. Trendalyzer / Gapminder Video of Hans Rosling showing the gapminder software and lively animations of world development trends.
- 53. Like to Play with Code illustrator Howard V Brown Photo: Radio Rover Creative Commons
- 54. Google Visualization API Uses the visualization techniques from Gapminder - motion charts flashy 3D funnels pyramids, pie & donuts time series charts (stock prices) data gauges geographical heat maps Gantt charts Supported in Google Docs Spreadsheets & some new Gadgets
- 55. Yahoo Charting API http:// developer.yahoo.com/yui/docs/module_charts.html
- 56. More Tools Emprise JavaScript Charts http://www.ejschart.com/ PHP/SWF Charts http://www.maani.us/charts
- 57. Getting Started with Data Visualizations is Easy Step 1 – Get an idea Step 2 – Create an account Step 3 – Read the fine print about use Step 4 – Create it! API: Sign up for a developer token http://aws.amazon.com/ http://www.google.com/apis/maps/ http://api.search.yahoo.com/webservices/register_application
- 58. Three Ideas Chart a week DataPlace Google Maps Library, Historical Buildings etc. Frappr Pushpins to mark places in our town mentioned in fictional works
- 59. Frappr http://www.frappr.com/blogginglibrarians/ Google API Community contributed content Easy to use of anyone
- 60. Thank you Darlene Fichter [email_address] library2.usask.ca/~fichter/