Visual Analytics
What is location intelligence and why is it important?
Visualization can change the way that we look at data and information. If that data contains a geographic/geospatial component then utilizing location information can help provide a new layer of insight for certain kinds of analysis. Location intelligence is the integration and analysis of visual geographic/geospatial information as part of the decision making process. A [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Four Questions about Innovations in Analysis
Several weeks ago, Hurwitz & Associates deployed a short survey entitled, “Four questions about innovations in analysis”. Well, the results and they are quite interesting!
THE SURVEY
First, a few words about the survey itself and who responded to the survey.
We wanted to make the survey short and sweet. We were interested in what kinds of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Is This the Death of the Data Cube? (continued)
I’ve never been a fan of the data cube. In fact, I’ve always disliked it because it seems so constraining. I don’t want to be chained to a certain thought process when I’m analyzing data. Maybe that’s because I try to use a variety of analytical approaches when gaining insight from data. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Innovations in Data Visualization – Visual analytics
A wise man once told me, “Look at the data. What are the data telling you?” That was my dissertation advisor, some twenty years ago, before the term data visualization was even coined. And that’s the sensible advice I’ve followed throughout my career when analyzing all different kinds of data.
Data visualization in the form [...]


