Information Visualization
Source: The Economist "Grokking the infoviz"
From the article, Now, another kind of software that lets users converse with the data is going mainstream. It consists of programs that help you to visualise large amounts of information. They have made their way into the enterprise software used by large corporations. Interactive charts are showing up on websites. And earlier this year, Groxis, a start-up based in Sausalito, California, released Grokker, an innovative graphical tool that it also sells to consumers for $99. Will �infoviz�, as geeks call the technology, become a killer application, rather as spreadsheets did? As the term implies, information visualisation is all about making data visible�or, more precisely, the patterns that are hidden in the data. Graphic aids such as charts have done this for ages, says Ben Shneiderman of the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory at the University of Maryland (and co-editor of �Readings in Information Visualisation�, the sacred text of the field). What is new, he and his colleagues explain in the book, �is that the evolution of computers is making possible a medium for graphics with dramatically improved rendering, real-time interactivity and cost.� See Also: Check Out the SmartMoney Market Map See Also: A Brief Review of a Few Consumer Oriented InfoViz Tool (via Informatics) See Also: A 5/6 ResourceShelf Mention of Scopeware and The Brain
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