1 Thought Leaders
–Bertin, French cartographer, "The Semiology of
Graphics (1967/1983)
–Tufte (1983)
emphasizes maximizing the density of useful information
2 Statistical Visualization
–Tukey (1977) “Exploratory Data Analysis”: rapid
statistical insight into data
–Cleveland and McGilll (1988) "Dynamic Graphics for Statistics“
–Analysis of multi–dimensional, multi–variable data
3 Scientific Visualization
–Satellites sending large quantities of data č how to better
understand it?
4 Computer Graphics and Artificial
Intelligence
–Mackinlay (1986)
formalized Bertin's design theory; added psychophysical data, and used to generate automatic
design of data
5 User Interface and Human Computer
Interaction
–Card, Robertson & Mackinlay (1989) coined “Information
Visualization” and used animation and distortion to interact with large data
sets in a system called the “Information Visualizer”