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Data Visualization

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Data Visualization Tools

An open-source module of Python that is used for data visualization and supports various graphs like line charts, scatter plots, bar charts, histograms, area plots, etc. Plot.ly has open-source and enterprise modules. To learn more about Plotly, refer to the Plotly Tutorial

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Idris, Ivan. Python Data Analysis : Learn How to Apply Powerful Data Analysis Techniques with Popular Open Source Python Modules

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Dash Clinical Analytics explains the medical provider charges among different states.

A component of Microsoft Fabric and a business analytics tool for data visualization and collaboration. It is free to all UT faculty and students via your Microsoft 365 account, with all its capabilities unlocked. To learn more about Power BI, refer Getting around in the Power BI Service.

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Box, Alison. Introducing Charticulator for Power BI : Design Vibrant and Customized Visual Representations of Data / Alison Box.

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Artificial Intelligence sample for Power BI explains artificial intelligence of a fictitious company.

Google Charts provides a perfect way to visualize data on your website. From simple line charts to complex hierarchical tree maps, the chart gallery provides a large number of ready-to-use chart types. Google Charts is a free service. To learn more about Google charts, refer Getting started with Google Charts

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Masiulionis, Tadas, and Jonas Stankūnas. “Review of Equipment of Flight Analysis and Development of Interactive Aeronautical Chart Using Google Earth’s Software.” 

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Implementing dashboards using Google Charts explains how to create a dashboard using google charts.

RAWGraphs is an open-source data visualization framework built with the goal of making the visual representation of complex data easy for everyone. To learn more about RAWGraphs, refer to the tutorials.

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Kuppusamy, K S. Focus: RAWGraphs: The No-Code Data Visualisation Tool.

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Satellite Charts examine current and past artificial satellites.

A data visualization tool which is used to create interactive dashboards and analyze your data. Currently-enrolled students have a free academic license. To learn more about Tableau, refer How to use Tableau

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Joshi, Prachi, and Parikshit N Mahalle. Data Storytelling and Visualization with Tableau : A Hands-on Approach / Prachi Manoj Joshi and Parikshit Narendra Mahalle. 

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This Tableau project explains the Urban audit city factsheets.

An open-source tool that enables anyone to build visually rich, interactive timelines. Beginners can create a timeline using nothing more than a Google spreadsheet. Experts can use their JSON skills to create custom installations while keeping Timeline JS's core functionality. To learn more about Timeline JS, refer How to use Timeline JS

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Jové Dominguez, Jonatan. “Timeline Js.”

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The History of Wine Timeline explains the history of how wine colonized the world.

Graphics Tools

An online design and visual communication platform with a mission to empower everyone in the world to design anything and publish anywhere. To learn more about canva, refer How to use Canva or Tutorials on how to use Canva

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Gehred, Alison Paige. “Canva.” 

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Infographic: The Global Carbon Budget explains about global carbon projects.

A cloud-based application that allows users to easily create infographics. Users can embed interactive maps, charts, videos, and hyperlinks in a Piktochart infographic. There is a student plan available. To learn more about Piktochart, refer to the Piktochart Video Tutorial

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Brigham, Tara Julie. “Piktochart.” 

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Digging deeper into Problem Solving with Computational Thinking explains the process of computational thinking.

Mapping & GIS Tools

A free web-based tool that helps you visualize and present geospatial research, using data and images. It helps you combine interactive maps and multimedia content such as photos, videos, audio, and text to help you tell all sorts of stories. To learn more about ArcGIS StoryMaps, refer to Discover the possibilities with ArcGIS StoryMaps

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Cyvin, et al. “Using StoryMaps to Prepare for Field Course - A Case Study of Students in Geography.” 

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Green Oranges and Land explains challenges and changes in Florida citrus.

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For more information, please refer to ArcGIS StoryMaps Research Guide

Carto enables organizations to use spatial data and analysis for more efficient delivery routes, better behavioral marketing, strategic store placements, and much more. To learn more about Carto, refer to Carto Academy or Step-by-step Tutorials.

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Carto. France: Areion Group. Print.

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Carto for React App explains store analysis.

Datawrapper is a web-based tool for the fast creation of charts, maps, and tables. It’s used by news media, think tanks, universities, governments, and other organizations to build publish-ready visualizations for the web, mobile apps, print, and other channels. It offers a free plan. To learn more about Datawrapper, refer to Datawrapper Training

Resource:

Mahalle, Parikshit N. Foundations of Data Science for Engineering Problem Solving

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Datawrapper provides examples that show different charts that can be edited and tried out.

A free and widely-used web-based tool for visualizing data using networks and maps. To learn more, refer to the Palladio Tutorials and FAQ.

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Humanities + Digital Tools: Palladio shows an example of applying digital humanities tools to letters written by Galileo.

Visualizing Network Diagrams- The Programming Historian - this tutorial walks you through the in depth data-structuring decisions that you might make in creating your own data set from a text.

StoryMapJS is a free tool to help you tell stories on the web that highlight the locations of a series of events. To learn more about StoryMap JS, refer to StoryMap JS Tutorial

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Hayes, Erica Y, and Mia Partlow. “Displaying a Georeferenced Map in KnightLab’s StoryMap JS.”

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Arya's Journey explains about Game of Thrones character, Arya Stark’s journey.

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