To bring your data to life, there are plenty of options around.
D3 is a JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data. D3 helps you bring data to life using HTML, SVG and CSS. D3’s emphasis on web standards gives you the full capabilities of modern browsers without tying yourself to a proprietary framework, combining powerful visualization components and a data-driven approach to DOM manipulation.
As you can see, there are loads of different graphs, graphics, plots, etc you can generate to display your data differently.
Bokeh is a Python interactive visualization library for large datasets that natively uses the latest web technologies. Its goal is to provide elegant, concise construction of novel graphics in the style of Protovis/D3, while delivering high-performance interactivity over large data to thin clients
The advantage these packages have over, say, IBM ManyEyes is that they are locally installed and you don’t give your data away.
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