# Why Use a Computer to Visualize Data?

There are two main reasons for doing so:

* Using a computer allows us to apply automated algorithms to process large amounts of data and generate appropriate visualizations
* A computer also allows the user to interact with the digital graphical representations

That being said, [Dear Data](http://www.dear-data.com/theproject) is an extremely successful and popular hand-drawn data visualization project.


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