Technology References
February 16th, 2016
Week 1 Thursday: Zotero and Evernote
- Zotero plug-ins for word processors on different operating systems
- Evernote Official Guide
- Evernote 2015 Tutorial Video
Week 2 Tuesday: Concept Map
- 4-minute tutorial of Bubbl.us
Week 2 Thursday: Timeline JS
- Official step-by-step instructions for Timeline JS
- Video: “How to Create a Multimedia Timeline — Timeline JS“
Week 3 Tuesday: ESRI’s Story Map Tour Builder
- Official Step-by-Step Instructions for ArcGIS Story Map Tour Builder
- Video tutorial: “How to Create a Story Map in ArcGIS Online“. This video teaches how to create a story map in ArcGIS online without using the Map Tour builder. The learning curve is steeper, but it also gives you more flexibility.
Week 3 Thursday: Story Map JS Gigapixel
- Official Step-by-Step Instructions for Story Map JS Gigapixel
- Video tutorial: “How to create an immersive Gigapixel image in Storymap“
Week 4 Tuesday: Text Analysis
Week 5 Tuesday: ImagePlot
- Overview of ImagePlot and exemplary projects
- Official documentation for ImagePlot
- The following sections are most relevant for our course:
- INSTALLING IMAGEPLOT
- RUNNING IMAGEPLOT
- Exploring Sample Image Set with ImagePlot
- The Sample Image Set Files
- Visualize Data as Points
- Visualize Images
- Measure Visual Properties of Images
- Note that there is an error in the above documentation:
- On page 10, it tells you to “Select ‘Open…’ from the Data drop down menu” and “Select ‘None’ from the Images drop down menu”. This is correct. But it fails to remind you that you must uncheck the box next to “Polar”. Sometimes at least, “Polar” is checked by default.
- The following sections are most relevant for our course:
- Running ImageJ/ImagePlot on Mac machines:
- After you download it, unzip the folder to your computer. Double click ImageJ.exe (if you use a PC machine) or ImageJ64.app (if you use a Mac machine) to run. The program may ask you to download and install Java SDK 6, and you must allow it.
- Change your security settings (if you use a Mac machine): If you use a Mac machine, your computer may tell you that “ImageJ can’t be opened because it was not downloaded from the Mac App Store.” If this happens to you, you should go to Apple menu > System Preferences… > Security & Privacy > General tab and check “Allow applications downloaded from:” anywhere.
Week 8 Thursday: RezoViz
Week 10: Network Visualization: Gephi
- Gentle Introduction to Gephi
- Data Preparation for Gephi: Step by Step
- Gephi Quick Start Tutorials
- The Gephi Wiki
Week 12: Spatial Visualization: CartoDB
Week 13: Telling an Interactive Data Story: Tableau Public