There are numerous open-source JavaScript libraries floating around the web that can be of particular use to historians. Google hosts quite a few of these, including the very popular jQuery and jQueryUI. For data visualization, some good options for historians include: Stanford University’s D3, or MIT’s SIMILE Widgets such as Timeline, Exhibit andTimePlot. TimeMap combines the functionality of Timeline with popular mapping APIs to provide an easy way to…
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Fun With Data
After completing my initial History and New Media course as part of my PhD program at GMU, I find myself gravitating toward unique and interesting ways to visualize data. I took an Edward Tufte seminar back in 2000 when his ideas were just starting to come to the corporate mainstream, but with new technology and…