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34 x 72 68 23 1 80 24 2 48. Information Visualization. External Cognition Using perception to amplify cognition. Information Visualization. Information Design/Data Graphics Using external representations to amplify cognition Using abstract external representations.
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34 x 72 68 23180 24248 Information Visualization External Cognition Using perception to amplify cognition
Information Visualization Information Design/Data Graphics Using external representations to amplify cognition Using abstract external representations
Information Visualization Using interactive external representations to amplify cognition • Scientific Visualization = physical data • Information Visualization = abstract dataWWW server logs, databases… => No intrinsic visual representation
History 10 years of Academic Research Jacques Bertin (cartograph) invented the domain in the 60’s Ben Shneiderman popularized it (~90’s ) Topology ofInternet by service provider
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