Visualization II / Spatial and Geographic Methods I

Also discussed in class: visual averaging, using Adobe Illustrator.

Guest speaker: Eric Gilbert

Readings:

Kosara, Robert. (2008). Visualization Criticism - The Missing Link Between Information Visualization and Art. IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications (CG&A), Visualization Viewpoints, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 13-15. http://kosara.net/papers/Kosara_IV_2007.pdf

Collins, Christopher, Carpendale, Sheelagh, & Penn, Gerald. (2007). Visualization of Uncertainty in Lattices to Support Decision-Making. Proceedings of the Eurographics/IEEE-VGTC Symposium on Visualization.
http://www.cs.utoronto.ca/~ccollins/publications/docs/collins_lattice_uncertainty_2007.pdf
(Read at least the intro, images and discussion.)

Havre, Susan, Hetzler, Beth, & Novell, Lucy. (1999). ThemeRiver: In Search of Trends, Patterns, and Relationships.
http://infoviz.pnl.gov/pdf/themeriver99.pdf
(Read at least the intro, images and discussion.)

Wattenberg, Marc. (n.d.) Arc Diagrams: Visualizing Structure in Strings
http://www.research.ibm.com/visual/papers/arc-diagrams.pdf
(Read at least the intro, images and discussion.)

Collins, Christopher. (2007). DocuBurst: Visualizing Document Content Using Language Structure.
http://kmdi.utoronto.ca/publications/documents/KMDI-TR-2007-1.pdf
(Read at least the intro, images and discussion.)

See also: http://www.cs.utoronto.ca/~ccollins/research/docuburst/index.html

Garofalo, Reebee. (n.d.). Genealogy of Pop/Rock Music
http://www.historyshots.com/rockmusic/index.cfm
http://www.historyshots.com/ViewInfo.cfm?Type=zoom&PID=1010
(Look at print only.)

Paula Scher Paintings/Drawings
http://www.paulascher.com
(Look around. Especially notice The Tsunami [painting #7 from the bottom menu].)

Jason Salavon's "The Loop" and "Every Playboy Centerfold"
http://salavon.com/TheLoop/TheLoop.shtml
http://salavon.com/PlayboyDecades/PlayboyDecades.shtml
(Look at both.)

Golan Levin's The Dumpster
http://www.flong.com/projects/dumpster
(Please try out / mess around with this. Be sure to press "enter project" or use this direct link.)

Information Design Patterns
http://interface.fh-potsdam.de/infodesignpatterns/patterns.php
(Please try out / mess around with this.)

Color Palettes
http://kuler.adobe.com
(Please try out / mess around with this.)

Today's Question: Please re-do the question from last week. This time, take into account our class discussion and the additional examples and ideas in the readings above.

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