Open Visualisation
Visual representation is a time-tested way of making large, complex bodies of information manageable – whether in the form of maps, timelines, graphs, or charts. Emerging digital technologies have revolutionised what is possible in this domain.
These pages are to document open-source software for visualisation and existing (open) knowledge visualisation projects.
See also:
Software
Generic
processingjs - javascript implementation
TouchGraph (undergoing changes, and currently being split into proprietary and open-source components)
Drishti - visualization of 3D volume data
BoB - "Brick of Bytes" visualization of 3D volume data
Domain Specific
Bioinformatics
Cave and caving
Diagram
Satellite
Projects
Blogs and references
Open Source Graph or Network Visualisation - listing of packages
From Tom Carden's blog:
Articles and Books
The original graphical guru: http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_vdqi and http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_ei