On this website you will find some cool
examples of data visualization. It can be hard to truly understand data
especially when you have a massive amount of it. That is where the
visualization aspect comes into play. If a person can actually see an image or
video of the data, it can be much easier to comprehend that data. The main goal
of data visualization is to communicate the information in an aesthetic and
functional way. The visual representations of data can often be beautiful, but
if it does not convey the information to the viewer than it will be hard to
understand and most likely useless. Data visualizations can help people
understand connections within huge networks. For example, on the ’50 great
examples of data visualization’ website, The Opte Project (http://www.opte.org/)
attempts to map the entire Internet. This project required the development of
new software that traces all the routes of the Internet.
Data visualization is a great way to
convey information and give it some meaning. You can actually do something with
the data if you can just see the big picture. So are these visual
representations art? I think they can most certainly be considered art. Some
are more simple and boring than others, but some are extremely complex and
intricate. Incorporating colors, shapes, or line movements can add to the
aesthetic experience of the viewer. Looking at data visualization is like
looking at an image generated from a program but the program is derived from a
dataset. This way of looking at data will revolutionize the world, as we know
it.
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