Information Visualization - LIS 488 presentation

Assignment - Website Visits, Questions and Article

Please visit 2 or 3 of the following websites:

• Visual Thesaurus
• Smart Money
• Grokker (choose zoomable map view)
• Kartoo
• National Digital Science Library (use Safari if trying to run this site on the Mac)

When you visit the sites, please think about the following...

• What problem does the visualization attempt to solve?
• How does the visualization improve your understanding?
• What issues or problems did you encounter when using the visualization tool?

This article may be useful for context:
Whiting, Rick.“Trend Spotters.” Information Week September 5, 2005: 30-36.

Presenter Contact Information:
June Casey caseyj3@simmons.edu | Lars Klint klint@simmons.edu | Sue Russell russells@simmons.edu

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Last update November 21, 2005