Visualization
Visualization is the process of transforming a set of data into graphics primitives. These graphics primitive, in turn, can be rendered. In other words “Visualization is any technique for creating images, diagrams, or animations to communicate a message”.
Types of Visualization
Type is defined by the type of data that is being visualized. Typically, based on type of data Visualization can be categorized into:
1. Scientific Visualization
2. Educational Visualization
3. Information Visualization
4. Knowledge Visualization
5. Product Visualization
Visualization techniques
The following are examples of some common visualization techniques:
* Constructing isosurfaces
* direct volume rendering
* Streamlines, streaklines, and pathlines
* table, matrix
* charts (pie chart, bar chart, histogram, function graph, scatter plot, etc.)
* graphs (tree diagram, network diagram, flowchart, existential graph, etc.)
* Maps
* parallel coordinates – a visualization technique aimed at multidimensional data
* treemap – a visualization technique aimed at hierarchical data
* Venn diagram
* Timeline
* Euler diagram
* Chernoff face
* Hyperbolic trees
* brushing and linking
* Cluster diagram or dendrogram
* Ordinogram
AN : I will keep on updating as and when I come across a terminology related to VTK.
