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20 Useful Visualization Libraries
September 8, 2008 |
Well, not entirely limited to libraries. Useful stuff for visualization practitioners sounded a little non-specific, though. These are all freely available.
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1. Prefuse (Java) & FLAIR (Flex)
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2. simile (AJAX) |
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3. Processing (Java) |
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4. GigaPan (Service) |
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5. Modest Maps (Flash, Python) |
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6. Google Visualization API (Javascript) |
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7. Google Chart API (Javascript) |
| 8. Google Maps API (Javascript, Flash) |
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9. GraphViz (Wrappers for a dozen languages including Java, Perl, Python. Free.) |
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10. JFree (Java) |
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11. pChart (PHP) |
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12. OpenLayers (JavaScript) |
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13. Anti-Grain (C++) |
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14. JGraph (Java) |
| 15. Boost Graph Library (C++, phyton wrapper) |
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16. Open Flash Chart (Flash) |
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17. Ubigraph (Wrappers for Python, Java, C, and more) |
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18. JUNG (Java) |
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19. TimeMap (Java) |
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20. Many Eyes (online service) |
Comments
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Great post! Thank you for this, I can’t wait to start exploring all of them.
Awesome! Thanks for this great post!
http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc is a good place to look too.
boost::graph is not visualization, just a graph representation.
Actually, Boost Graph has layout algorithms, which are visualization algorithms.
Todd
Not sure if you’ve seen FYI Visual.
It was originally created in 1989 as the GIFIC technology.
http://www.fyicorp.com
Thanks,
Kim
Great info.
Reminds me of an article I ran into that talks about Visualization making its way into Enterprise Software
Visualization Video
You might add BirdEye to the list:
http://code.google.com/p/birdeye/