2004-09-30
... ? Data visualization - information as art and info-aestheticsFlash is a good environment for visualizing data and particularly since the release of Flash MX we've seen a lot of useful charting components released. Graphical representation can be a useful way of providing the viewer with a qualitative understanding of the information's contents. Data can also be made to appear beautiful by applying imagined abstract schemas to transform the data into something else, Art.
by Paul Prudence
