04F MAT200A







Data, Mapping & Visualization



Information Visualization is becoming a critical method by which to make sense of large amounts of data. Katy Börner, Scientists seek 'Map of Science', BBC

For the process of Organic Information Design, the goal is for a single person to be able to act as designer and programmer. Ben Fry, Medialab thesis


Some Areas of Research


 

Library Information Science
Information Design
Geography - Sara Fabrikant
Medicine
Scientific Reseach - Centre for Bio-Image Informatics
Art & Design
Architecture (Spatializing data)


Mapping of Data

  Consists of three stages: Data Collection, Data Organization and Data Visualization

Data Collection Understanding USA, Richard Saul Wurman
Human Genome Project
Data Analysis, (Indiana University)
Conversation Map, Warren Sack


Data Organization
  Information Visualization (Indiana University)
Visual Thesaurus (Plump Design)
Kohonen Map Algorithm, Natural Language, Honkela


Data Visualization

Visual Display of Quantitative Infromation, Edward Tufte
Atlas of Cyberspace, Dodge & Kitchin
Smart Money, Martin Wattenberg
Textarc, W. Bradford Paley
Genomic Cartography, Information Design, Ben Fry projects
Interaction Visualization of Large Graphs, Tamara Munzner
Cyberspace Geography Visualization, Luc Girardin


Artistic Projects
  Poetry machine, David Link
Trace Encounters, W. Bradford Paley
1:1 (2) Lisa Jevbratt


Data Spatialization
(Visualization as Design)
  3D Information Design, Robert Krawszyk, IIT
Asymptote
Greg Lynn
Karl Chu
Kostas Terzidis
Nox


Articles

Database Aesthetics, Issues of Organization, Sharon Daniel