4/19/2012

Interactive Data Visualization: Foundations, Techniques, and Applications Review

Interactive Data Visualization: Foundations, Techniques, and Applications
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Had to get this overpriced book for an Info Viz class. Be aware that this book is much more of a technical book than a design book. There's a ton of information contained in here, but I also found a surprising amount of quality issues.
First, the flow of the book seems completely off, diving into highly technical material in the second chapter, then pulling back into high level concepts in later chapters. Also, many of the images are not of the quality I would expect from a text book. Many are blurry or scaled inappropriately, given the amount of detail they contain. Finally, there are some glaring mistakes in the copy. For instance, at the end of one section of the book, placeholder notes from the authors of what should be written is included instead of the actual final copy! Where's the editor? Was it rushed to print?
Given the price, I expected a much higher level of quality. Despite the problems listed above, the text could be useful resource for anyone interested in the nuts and bolts of data visualization.

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This book provides the theory, practical details, and tools necessary for building visualizations or systems involving the visualization of data. The authors cover the spectrum of data visualizations, including mathematical and statistical graphs, cartography for displaying geographic information, two- and three-dimensional scientific displays, integrated analysis and visualization tools, and general information visualization techniques. Practitioners, developers, teachers and students as well as those interested in gaining some exposure to the field will get an in-depth understanding of visualization techniques and are provided with sufficient information, often with full source code, to complete an implementation; those with more modest aspirations can focus on the concepts, theory and high-level algorithm details.

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