Via Ajaxian, I learned about a new data visualization project called JsVis, released in January 2007.
JsVis, by Kyle Sholtz, is a JavaScript framework for creating “Snowflake graphs” like this one:
There is a lot of potential for visualizing complex relationships with this sort of tool. The basic layout is best for tree structures, but a thread [...]
Read moreSimile, a project MIT, has created several open source tools for visualizing data on the web. The interfaces are clean and free of unnecessary decoration, and the AJAX interaction encourages exploration and questioning. These are an excellent addition to the information design toolbox.
Timeplot is a “DHTML-based AJAXy widget for plotting time series and overlay time-based [...]
Interactive model of tobacco control, for University of Arizona/ERDU, 2007.
Designed model in Flash, with wiki and threaded comments to invite practitioners to contribute.