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* Simple, flexible API | * Simple, flexible API | ||
* Enable server side rendering of charts with VTK compositing | * Enable server side rendering of charts with VTK compositing | ||
* Proper handling of IEEE Not-A-Number (NaN) values in plots of both experimental and simulation data. | |||
== Open Questions == | == Open Questions == | ||
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* Alternate backend to produce publication quality output? | * Alternate backend to produce publication quality output? | ||
* Possibility to extend the API to 3D charts in the future? | * Possibility to extend the API to 3D charts in the future? | ||
* Maybe real-time charting? (just-in-time visualization of data sets) | |||
== Further Details on API == | |||
Please see [[VTK/2DAPI]] and [[VTK/Charts/ChartAPI]] for details about the 2D API and chart API, along with proposed class relationships. [[VTK/Marks]] discusses options for a [http://www.protovis.org protovis]-like API in VTK, that would build on the 2D API. The [[VTK/CanvasAPI]] details the canvas API that both the chart and marks API build on. | |||
== Chart Types == | == Chart Types == | ||
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* [http://www.advsofteng.com/ ChartDirector] | * [http://www.advsofteng.com/ ChartDirector] | ||
* [http://www.dundas.com/ Dundas] | * [http://www.dundas.com/ Dundas] | ||
* [http://www.visifire.com/ Visifire] | |||
* [http://code.google.com/p/core-plot/ core-plot] | |||
* [http://vis.stanford.edu/protovis/ Protoviz] | |||
=== Multiple Backends (Publication Quality) === | === Multiple Backends (Publication Quality) === | ||
Latest revision as of 16:32, 11 December 2009
Goals
- Render 2D charts using OpenGL/VTK
- Scalable to large data sets
- Simple, flexible API
- Enable server side rendering of charts with VTK compositing
- Proper handling of IEEE Not-A-Number (NaN) values in plots of both experimental and simulation data.
Open Questions
- Alternate backend to produce publication quality output?
- Possibility to extend the API to 3D charts in the future?
- Maybe real-time charting? (just-in-time visualization of data sets)
Further Details on API
Please see VTK/2DAPI and VTK/Charts/ChartAPI for details about the 2D API and chart API, along with proposed class relationships. VTK/Marks discusses options for a protovis-like API in VTK, that would build on the 2D API. The VTK/CanvasAPI details the canvas API that both the chart and marks API build on.
Chart Types
- XY plot
- Scatter
- Bar chart
- Histogram
- Stack chart
- Pie chart
- Parallel axes
- Tree map
- Bubble chart
Existing Applications/Libraries
Below is a summary of different libraries or applications that produce 2D charts and plots. Those listed either provide both screen and publication quality rendering, or just screen rendering.
Optimized for Screen Rendering
- prefuse
- tableau
- Many Eyes
- Google Chart
- Qwt
- QwtPlot3D
- QPlotter
- ggobi
- ZedGraph
- TeeChart
- Iocomp
- Scientific charting control
- ChartDirector
- Dundas
- Visifire
- core-plot
- Protoviz
