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UrbanMovements – Flows, Behaviour and Networks in the City
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After looking at Variance I wanted to examine another graphing tool that charges for a stand-alone version of the necessary code. Tools in this vein are more likely to be sustainable and make strong candidates for use in client data visualization projects.
Plotly.js is the library that powers the web tool of the same name but can be downloaded and hosted separately. They don't publish prices but an email to [email protected] will give you a better picture (and individual service).
Plotly.js features many standard graph types but prides itself on more scientific chart types such as box plots, histograms, error bars, log scales, multiple y-axes and more. It also features a grammar of graphics similar to that used in Variance - you encode attributes of the graph in the "data" and "layout" objects, then plotly.js builds the graph from there.
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UrbanMovements – Flows, Behaviour and Networks in the City