Tom Gonzalez - Adv Data Visualization

copyright © 2009 the axiis team

Wednesday, May 13, 2009


open source data visualization



Tom Gonzalez

data visualization - research and development

brightp int consulting



Michael VanDanikerUniversity of Maryland Center for Advanced

Transportation Technology Laboratory



what you are about to see is considered experimental and subject to change

Caution !



What is Axiis?



Why build Axiis ?



Why build Axiis ?



Before we started we looked at these:





















How is it different ?




its all about describing patterns




its all about describing patterns

with data&

your imagination



Conceptually



Conceptuallybuild things from small parts




composite complex designs




composite complex designs

stylestrokes and fills



Expressive



Expressive mxml



Expressive mxml

binding



Expressive mxml

binding

degrafa



Concise



Concise less code



Concise less code

flattenedinheritance chain



Concise less code

flattenedinheritance chain

mxml in the core



Modular



Modulargranular building blocks



Modulargranular building blocksmix and match components



Modulargranular building blocksmix and match components

complexity through simplicity



How did we do it ?



How did we do it ?

describe a pattern

reference repeater



How did we do it ?

describe a pattern

bind some data

reference repeater

10 15 7 22



How did we do it ?

describe a pattern

bind some data

draw a picture

reference repeater

10 15 7 22

drawing geometries



Magic Sauce



Magic Saucemxml(pros & cons)




binding(pros & cons)




binding(pros & cons)

degrafa



time for some examples . . .



build a chart from scratch in under 5 minutes.

(okay, call it 10 minutes if you want us to explain it.)



does that come with fries?



does that come with fries?get ready for some gratuitous keynote transitions ...



does that come with fries?DataSet

get ready for some gratuitous keynote transitions ...




Column & Bar Clusters and Stacks





Column & Bar Clusters and StacksLine/Area Series Group






Wedge Stack, Plots and More








Axis, Scale, Expressions






States








StatesSource, Examples, Docs





where are we today?



where are we today?alpha 1.0




foundation complete




foundation complete

some pre-built components




foundation complete

has bugs, needs more testing





foundation complete

has bugs, needs more testing


ready to take on contributors



what’s next ?



what’s next ?performance




states/tweens




transitions

states/tweens




more visualizations

transitions

states/tweens




more visualizations

transitions

states/tweens

beta 1.0



walking the namespace ...



how do I get a copy?



how do I get a copy?

www.axiis.org


http://www.axiis.org

http://www.axiis.org