Datamob: how to

MapTogether

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:39:15 -0500

The MapTogether project provides free map-related training and tools for community and nonprofit groups around the world. Their resources include software, datasets, online mapping services, documentation, and training resources.

url: http://maptogether.org/

R for Programmers

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:19:30 -0400

An accessible tutorial on the R programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics. By Norm Matloff.

url: http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/~matloff/r.html

AJAX API Playground

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:36:58 -0500

Sandbox for 8 Google JavaScript APIs (Maps, Search, Feeds, Calendar, Visualization, Language, Blogger, Libraries and Earth). Play with 170 samples and save or export your own work.

url: http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/playground

Processing.js

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:13:37 -0400

A JavaScript version of the Processing visualization language. By John Resig.

url: http://ejohn.org/blog/processingjs/

Prefuse Visualization Toolkit

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:04:23 -0400

Free set of tools for creating rich interactive data visualizations.

url: http://prefuse.org/

Flowing Data

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:30:18 -0400

Blog that explores how statisticians, designers, computer scientists and others are using data to help us understand more about ourselves and our surroundings.

url: http://flowingdata.com/

Flare Visualization Toolkit

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:25:45 -0400

A collection of ActionScript 3 classes for building interactive visualizations on the web.

url: http://flare.prefuse.org/

Graphviz

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:25:04 -0400

Open source graph visualization software with a web interface.

url: http://www.graphviz.org/

Processing

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:09:33 -0400

Open source programming language and environment for programming images, animation and interactions. Often used for data visualization.

url: http://www.processing.org/

theinfo.org

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:09:17 -0400

Excellent resource on the ins and outs of dataset handling. A place to exchange tips and tricks, share tools and integrate projects. Join the mailing lists.

url: http://theinfo.org