Information+Visualization+and+Geographic+Information+Systems+(GIS)+for+BI

=Information Visualization and Geographic Information Systems for BI= Monday, February 5

**Topic overview:**
In this class we will explore tools and techniques for representing, exploring, and interpreting large quantities of data.

Specific topics that we will cover include: >
 * Core concepts in data and information visualization
 * Display and exploration of BI analyses with GIS tools
 * In-class exercises with information visualization tools

**Preparation for class:**
Please complete the following readings in preparation for tonight's class: >
 * [Keim01] Keim, Daniel A, Visual Exploration of Large Data Sets, Communications of the ACM, August 2001, Volume 44, No. 8.
 * http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/390000/381656/p38-keim.pdf?key1=381656&key2=5919874411&coll=ACM&dl=ACM&CFID=69273211&CFTOKEN=92042256
 * Available in coursepack
 * [Eck06] Eckerson, Wayne, Performance Dashboards: Measuring, Monitoring, and Managing Your Business, John Wiley and Sons, 2006, ISBN: 0-471-72417-3
 * Chapter 12, How to Design Effective Dashboard Screens

//Additional readings and exercises TBD.//

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**Supplementary resources:**
For a superb treatment of information visualization, see Edward Tufte's three classic works on the topic, covering the display of numbers, nouns, and verbs respectively. All three of these books are available on reserve at the Hunt Library's reference desk:
 * Edward Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Graphics Press, 2001 (2nd edition)
 * Edward Tufte, Envisioning Information, Graphics Press, 1990
 * Edward Tufte, Visual Explanations, Graphics Press, 1997