Publicly avalible datasets

March 28, 2013 by Leave a comment

I teach a class on Processing, which is a simplified version of Java designed to enable people to easy create graphics. My class focuses on data visualization. Below is my list of publicly available data sets which I encourage my students to use in their visualizations.

IMDB

IMDB is a website that maintains a list of movies, actors, actresses, and information about them. They offer a set of downloadable information sets. The sets can be a bit challenging to parse though, so there also exists some Perl parsing scripts.

Other

StackOverflow has a list of publicly available data sets.

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Drawing trees in Processing

October 21, 2009 by 2 Comments

I’ve been looking at different ways to draw trees (the kind found in forests) using the Processing language. Below are some of the good examples I found online.

Tree example

Simple examples of a tree in processing.

http://processing.org/learning/topics/tree.html

http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=2925

Blossom

This sketch lets the user plant trees which then quickly grow and randomly branch. When the tree is tall enough it also blossoms with flowers.

http://mavdisk.mnsu.edu/kallhw/blossom/blossom.html

ExploreTree

This is a representation of the tree of life. The tree is written in processing and allows a user to explore different species and how they are related to each other. The tree lets you follow different branches to learn more about a species. It also provides links to Wikipedia to learn more.

http://www.exploretree.org/

OpenProcessing Tree Generation

A collection of different tree generation Processing sketches.

http://www.openprocessing.org/collections/?collectionID=19

3D tree at OpenProcessing

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