Data visualization software

Here is a list of software and other tools that can be used for data visualization. Feel free to add others and comment on your experience with any of them.

• http://selection.datavisualization.ch/ – Selected tools
• *Many Eyes. *http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/ Cf. related article on this tool in the knowledgebase. http://kb.ucla.edu/articles/many-eyes
• Tableau Public: http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/
• Google Visualization API Reference – https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/reference
• *Programming languages designed for visualization: *my current favorite here is Processing http://processing.org/ . Processing code runs on top of Java, so it can run standalone or as an applet in the browser. A significant subset of Processing has been ported to JavaScript http://processingjs.org/ so you can write visualization code that runs in HTML 5 browsers.
• Programming libraries designed for visualization: while there are options for just about any programming language you can think of, I am particularly impressed by two JavaScript libraries: the JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit and Protovis – either one will help you create powerful interactive visualizations that run in the browser.
• Infogram – they provide templates, you add the data.