Data Visualization

Data visualisation isn't a new concept. For decades, scientists and geographers have been been relying on data visualisations to present their huge amounts of data.

Only recently has it started gaining interest on the web, and I believe we have Digg Labs to thank for that.

Since releasing their API, a number of great visualisations have surfaced. Two of my favourites are Digg RADAR and Digg Swarm.

There are also some great visualizations in the networking industry. You can even monitor your network traffic in video game style with Netcosm.

Visit Visual Complexity for hundreds more examples.

I thought it would be fun to make a visualization of my own, and here's what I came up with.

Each "star" represents a product, and is grouped in a cluster which represents the user it belongs to. The end result is an interesting star field.

Obviously it's not as impressive as the Wikipedia activity image mosaic, but I had fun making it.