A Menage a Trois of Data, Eyes and Mind

摘要

Yogi Berra, in his unique grasp of the obvious, once said, "You can observe a lot by watching." If you want to see - as in a spark of comprehension that evokes the statement 'Aha, I see" - there is no better way than using your eyes. In recent years, a field of research and development has emerged to explore and exploit this fact, called information visualization. The timing is right - we now have huge storehouses of information rotting away because we don't know how to make sense of them. Perhaps Edna St.