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Revision as of 08:32, 15 April 2016
Information visualization or information visualisation is the study of (interactive) visual representations of abstract data to reinforce human cognition.
Description
The abstract data include both numerical and non-numerical data, such as text and geographic information.
Scientific visualization
Information visualization differs from scientific visualization:
- Information visualization: the spatial representation is chosen
- Scientific visualization: the spatial representation is given
See also
External links
- Information visualization @ Wikipedia
