Google Answers Logo
View Question
 
Q: Products using tree maps aka heat maps ( Answered,   0 Comments )
Question  
Subject: Products using tree maps aka heat maps
Category: Science > Technology
Asked by: mskyttner-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 05 May 2003 11:07 PDT
Expires: 04 Jun 2003 11:07 PDT
Question ID: 199697
Which commerical or free products exists which primarily use tree
mapping technology (or "heat mapping") to visualize data and what are
their main selling points?

Exclude: Products from Panopticon, HiveGroup, SmartMOney, NeoVision,
WerKeMa.com (Space Monger) and the product called SequoiaView.

Note: See http://netscan.research.microsoft.com/treemap/nsbox.asp to
understand what a tree map is, you can also search
research.microsoft.com for "tree map" and read the article on
visualizing newsgroups.

Note: This is my first time on Google Answers and I will return if I
am satisfied, also I will tip if the answer is good.
Answer  
Subject: Re: Products using tree maps aka heat maps
Answered By: czh-ga on 05 May 2003 16:32 PDT
 
Hello mskyttner-ga,

I’ve collected a selection of financial visualization products and
sites that are similar to the ones on your list. I’ve also included
some additional links for scientific visualization and other data
modeling resources. I hope that they will meet your needs. Good luck
with your explorations.

czh

http://www.spotfire.com/products/decision.asp
Spotfire DecisionSite is a highly configurable guided analytic
application designed to enhance and accelerate decision-making. Its
dynamic visualization engine, unified information access and
role-configurable analytics combine to provide a rich environment for
the integrated analysis of multiple data sets. By linking
decision-making professionals, analytic information and key business
processes at a single point of analysis, DecisionSite helps business
professionals make smarter decisions faster.
http://www.spotfire.com/images/pdf/SAE_3-16-01_Slides.pdf
Hierarchical Clustering and Heat Maps

http://www.threedgraphics.com/tdg/defaultc.asp
Three D Graphics. We develop and license premiere quality charting
engines for commercial and corporate developers.

http://www.phios.com/news2001-0730_heat.htm
Phios Corporation adds interactive Heat Maps and Process Measurements
Cambridge, MA (July 30, 2001) An exciting new addition to the Phios
Process Repository suite of software products and tools, the new Heat
Maps and their associated Process Measurements enable ongoing progress
reporting and evaluation for project groups and management.

http://www.derwent.com/analytics/
Derwent Analytics is a new data mining and visualization software
product for the desktop.

http://www.inxight.com/map/
Use Inxight Star Tree to navigate our site.
http://www.inxight.com/products/
Inxight VizServer™ - speeds and simplifies the exploration of large
information collections
Inxight VizServer speeds and simplifies the exploration and
understanding of large information collections. Using powerful visual
representations of data, VizServer presents even the most complex and
large hierarchies of documents in an easy-to-understand view, enabling
users to easily navigate and quickly locate what they are looking for.

http://www.didi.com/
Digital Image Design Incorporated is a company dedicated to making
computers easier to use by tailoring software and hardware around
well-defined tasks.
http://www.didi.com/www/areas/services/projects/dataVis/
We pioneered Financial Data Visualization in the late 1980s, and have
been doing some of the most significant work in the field ever since.

http://www.espoc.com/index.html
Using eSpoc's outsourced IT solutions, financial service organizations
can focus on their core business, rapidly improve customer service
levels, reduce operating expenses, and increase margins. The client
list forthe completely outsourced IT solutions includes Alternative
Investment Solutions (AIS) in the hedge fund industry and Vericle in
the medical insurance processing.

http://www.espoc.com/editor_28_2.html
As you can see, software tools utilizing heat map technology offer a
strong analysis capabilities, and can serve in a variety of
situations. eSpoc, Inc., for example, offers web based heat map tools
as part of their overall suite of eSpoc Integration Services. By
bundling data mining utilities with data analysis tools and tracking
software, the users get a complete suite ideal for handling large
amounts of data in a quick and efficient manner.

http://www.avs.com/software/index.html
Advanced Visual Systems
AVS creates data visualization software and solutions that serve the
needs of business decision makers, software developers and ISVs in
every industry.
Our complete line of business software allows multiple and remote data
formats to be integrated within feature-rich visualizations that bring
business data to life and shorten the time to enlightenment.

http://www.coveredcallswins.com/winscorner/march2002-newsletter/#1.%20CoveredCalls.com%20Message:%20The%20Parabolic
Recently we've also been investigating some nice heat map charting
tools.  We don't have time this month to go into detail about their
use (see the tutorials on the sites), but two of the best heat map
sites we've found are:  http://www.smartmoney.com/marketmap/   
http://screening.nasdaq.com/heatmaps/heatmap_100.asp

http://www.gpoint.com/WebCharts3D/wcent.shtml
WebCharts 3D Enterprise Edition is a state of the art visualization
package designed for the professional web developers. It provides
general purpose and specialized 2- and 3-dimensinal charts, grids, and
heat maps and incorporates the innovative technology that allows it to
deliver charts as applets or server-generated images to the web
browsers and mobile devices as well as incorporate them into your
applications as .NET Components, Java Beans or Active/X controls.

http://dxray.mpi-stuttgart.mpg.de/site/soft_en.html#Image%20Analysis
Curve fitting utilities:	WinFit, XFit, MultiFit
Data handling utilities:	ScanRead, ScanRead-PRO, LindePlot, XSW
Image Analysis:	DataPlot, DataScan
***** You can download these software utilities.

http://techlibrary.commweb.com/data/plist?t=987097376_20364802
Data Visualization Software
**** Database search offers 56 hits

http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/VisTech/visWeblets.html 
Scientific Visualization Sites
This page is an annotated bibliography of scientific visualization web
sites around the world. It is a service of the NAS (Numerical
Aerospace Simulation) Facility at NASA Ames Research Center.


SEARCH STRATEGY
"heat maps"
tree mapping software
financial visualization software
Comments  
There are no comments at this time.

Important Disclaimer: Answers and comments provided on Google Answers are general information, and are not intended to substitute for informed professional medical, psychiatric, psychological, tax, legal, investment, accounting, or other professional advice. Google does not endorse, and expressly disclaims liability for any product, manufacturer, distributor, service or service provider mentioned or any opinion expressed in answers or comments. Please read carefully the Google Answers Terms of Service.

If you feel that you have found inappropriate content, please let us know by emailing us at answers-support@google.com with the question ID listed above. Thank you.
Search Google Answers for
Google Answers  


Google Home - Answers FAQ - Terms of Service - Privacy Policy