CS-GY 6313: Information Visualization

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Introduction
Defining Information Visualization
Why Use Visualization?
Popular Visualization Sources and Tools
Why Use a Graphical Representation?
The Problem with Statistics
Why Use a Computer to Visualize Data?
Why Use Interaction?
Assessing the Quality of a Visualization
Data Abstraction
Fundamental Graphs
Data Transformation
Graphical Components and Mapping Strategies
Color
Geo Visualization
Visualizing Temporal Data
Networks and Trees
- Visualizing Network Data
  Node-Link Diagrams
  Clutter Reduction
  Matrices
- Visualizing Trees
  Node-Link Diagrams
  Special Kinds of Trees
  Space-Partitioning and Containment
  Sunburst and Icicle Plots
Interaction and Multiple Views
- Single and Multiple View Methods
  Single View Methods
  Multiple (Linked) Views Methods
- Common Scenarios
Exploring Data
Animation, Pacing and Exposition

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Color Use

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Color is a powerful visualization tool, but it is easy to misuse color.

As previously discussed, the most useful way to describe color for visualization is in terms of:

Hue: The color name
Saturation: The vividness of the color
Luminance: The lightness/brightness of the color

There are two main uses of color:

quantify data
label data