I've found TreeMap applications very helpful in identifying large
files I could delete to free up disk space when that is an issue. Apps
like DiskRing for the Mac[1], for example. I'm a big fan of
visualization techniques for particular problems that are revealed
effectively by good visualizations. Sometimes nothing else comes
close.
Roy
[1] http://code.google.com/p/diskring/
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Shaun Ellis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Julia,
> Clicking on one of Ben Shneiderman's treemapping projects reminded me that
> I've always thought treemaps [1] would serve well as a browsing interface
> for library and archive collections because they work well with hierarchical
> data. For example, larger blocks could represent some quantitative
> descriptive information (breadth, scope, size, usage/popularity), giving
> users an immediate overview of the collections. Unfortunately, it's one of
> those "wouldn't it be cool" ideas that I haven't found time to play with
> yet.
>
> Also, at Access2011 last week, Jer Thorpe demonstrated Open Paths [2], which
> you might be interested in based on the article you sent about travel
> accounts with the SIMILE widget. While you wouldn't be able to track Lewis
> and Clark's adventures with this, anyone with an iPhone can use the location
> data that is stores to "re-live" their own journeys. It resonates more than
> you would think! It's also an interesting paradigm of users owning their
> own data, contributing it to research, and getting something in return:
>
> [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treemapping
> [2] https://openpaths.cc/
>
> Regards,
> Shaun Ellis
>
> On 10/27/11 5:09 PM, JONATHAN LEBRETON wrote:
>>
>> Ben Shneiderman at the Univ. of Maryland Comp Sci dept has done a
>> considerable amount of work in this area...
>>
>> I would encourage browsing some of his current and past projects, linked
>> from his site:
>> http://www.cs.umd.edu/~ben/
>> depending on what specifically you are interested in, a number of the
>> products coming out of his lab are in production out in the wild...
>>
>>
>> Jonathan LeBreton
>> Sr. Associate University Librarian
>> Temple University Libraries
>> Paley M138, 1210 Polett Walk, Philadelphia PA 19122
>> voice: 215-204-8231
>> fax: 215-204-5201
>> mobile: 215-284-5070
>> email: [log in to unmask]
>> email: [log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>>> Tod Olson
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 4:35 PM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Examples of visual searching or browsing
>>>
>>> There's the Hermitage Museum, which uses IBM's Query By Image Content:
>>>
>>> http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/fcgi-
>>> bin/db2www/qbicSearch.mac/qbic?selLang=English
>>>
>>> QBIC seems a bit long in the tooth now, but it's still kind of
>>> interesting.
>>>
>>> -Tod
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 27, 2011, at 3:27 PM, Julia Bauder wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear fans of cool Web-ness,
>>>>
>>>> I'm looking for examples of projects that use visual(=largely non-text
>>>> and
>>>> non-numeric) interfaces to let patrons browse/search collections. Things
>>>> like the GeoSearch on North Carolina Maps[1], or projects that use
>>>> Simile's
>>>> Timeline or Exhibit widgets[2] to provide access to collections (e.g.,
>>>> what's described here:
>>>>
>>>> https://letterpress.uchicago.edu/index.php/jdhcs/article/download/59/70), or
>>>> in-the-wild uses of Recollection[3]. I'm less interested in knowing
>>>> about
>>>> tools (although I'm never *uninterested* in finding out about cool
>>>> tools)
>>>> than about production or close-to-production sites that are making good
>>>> use
>>>> of these or similar tools to provide visual, non-linear access to
>>>> collections. Who's doing slick stuff in this area that deserves a look?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Julia
>>>>
>>>> [1] http://dc.lib.unc.edu/ncmaps/search.php
>>>> [2] http://www.simile-widgets.org/
>>>> [3] http://recollection.zepheira.com/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *********************************************
>>>>
>>>> Julia Bauder
>>>>
>>>> Data Services Librarian
>>>>
>>>> Interim Director of the Data Analysis and Social Inquiry Lab (DASIL)
>>>>
>>>> Grinnell College Libraries
>>>>
>>>> 1111 Sixth Ave.
>>>>
>>>> Grinnell, IA 50112
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 641-269-4431
>
> --
> Shaun D. Ellis
> Digital Library Interface Developer
> Firestone Library, Princeton University
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