BUSN - Data Visualization

Create interactive graphs, dashboards, maps and tables from virtually any data. Requires that your visualization is posted to a public database.

The Google Chart API lets you dynamically generate charts with a URL string. You can embed these charts on your web page, or download the image for local or offline use.

OpenRefine is a powerful tool for working with messy data: cleaning it; transforming it from one format into another; and extending it with web services and external data.

D3.js is a small, free JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data.

Piktochart is an infographic tool used to easily design infographics without using Illustrator/Photoshop or outsourcing the task to designers.

Open source programming language and environment for people who want to create images, animations, and interactions. Interactive programs with 2D, 3D or PDF output.

VIDI is a product of the Jefferson Institute, an independent research and education institute. This program is easy to use with no need to make your visualization and data set public on its website.

Chart and image gallery: 30+ free tools for data visualization and analysis
By Sharon Machlis
Published in Computerland August 1, 2016

Tool to be used when map building to determine the robustness of individual color schemes.

Source: Duke University Libraries

Computerworld, May 25, 2017

Use the chart tools within Excel to create various charts after entering the numeric data for the chart on a worksheet.

Includes favorites, free/open source and commercial; Vienna University of Technology.