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Visualiza(on: from Excel to Vimeo
A cookbook and some -inished dishes
Martin Zaltz Austwick
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Mar$n Zaltz Austwick
Lecturer at UCL-‐CASACourse Organiser on MRes in Advanced Spatial Analysis and VisualisationBackground: Quantum PhysicsMedical Physics... now Social Physics@sociablephysics
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Why visualise?
It looks beautifulCommunicating research results
• with peers• with the public
Understanding complex dataParsing for the best pattern recognition system in the worldFinding inspiration for research questions, models and analysisPresenting (complex) model outputs Comparing to (complex)data
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Ge9ng from Excel to Vimeo
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Intermediate packages
GePhi (Java)TULIP (C++)Illustrator
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Which language?
Languages are “Turing complete”Some more suited to certain tasksHow hard is it to learn?Is the syntax similar to other language I have used/will use?How good is the documentation?How good are the user community?
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Visualization AnalysisProcessing
R
MatLab
Python
GUI
Programming
Excel
PHP
GePhi
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Other ExamplesJavaScript
• Not the same as Java, good for web applicationsRubyVisual Basic for Applications (VBA)
• Integrates with Excel!Sql
• Database LanguagePHP
• Integrates with databases
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European Migration Data (Modelled)
Adam Dennett and Kimberley Claydon
Modelling: Excel/VBAVis: ARCGIS
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Tweet density in London
Fabian Neuhaus and Steven Gray
Data: PHPVis: ArcGIS/Illustrator
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Twitter data, filtered by hashtag and located in space
Steven Gray and Richard Milton
Data collection: PHP
Vis: http://www.MapTube.org
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Tweets by city
Steven Gray
Data: PHPVis: JavaScript
http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/tom/
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Agent Based Modelof crime patterns
Toby Davies
Python
(not yet available)
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London BikeshareStand Occupation
Ollie O’Brien
Data: PythonVis: JavaScript
OpenLayersAjax
http://bikes.oobrien.com/
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Oyster card entries/exits
Jon Reades
ProcessingMySql
Not yet available
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Public transport in the UKJoan Serras
Vis: C++/OPENGL Data: Timetable Info
http://vimeo.com/21351143
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London Hire Bikes by Martin Zaltz Austwick and Ollie O’BrienData: TFL FoI / Routino
Vis: Processing
http://vimeo.com/19982736
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The network visualisations (and others) I showed in the workshop are not yet available - follow @sociablephysics on twitter and I will
announce when they are up on vimeo
If you’re not on twitter (gasp), email the InterFace organisers so they can let you know when they’re up.
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Excel Delimited text file Database
Data (as text)
Data (numbers)
Data preparation
Software
Sharing
ParsingImporting
Displaying and interacting
Images
User input
Movies
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