Description of use::viewing
Enrico Zini
enrico at enricozini.org
Sat Sep 23 17:20:46 UTC 2006
On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 05:17:14PM +0100, Justin B Rye wrote:
> Enrico Zini wrote:
> > "Data visualization" makes me think of vis5d and all other sort of
> > scientific things. Maybe just "Viewing" would be better?
> "Viewing images"? Plain "Visuali[sz]ation"?
>
> The ones where "use::viewing" really does mean "converting datasets
> to graphical form" rather than "playing movies" would presumably
> have distinctive field:: tags, too. And don't they mostly use
> vector formats?
[...]
> Turning an existing set of coordinates into an xearth display sounds
> like a pretty good example of data visualisation...
You have almost convinced me. The last missing bit is: what if a
program takes the numbers and plots them in a .png file instead of on
screen: the program itself doesn't let the user view anything: it just
creates an off-screen image. Would it be viewing?
Ciao,
Enrico
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