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The use of visualization to present information is not a new phenomenon. It has been used in maps, scientific drawings, and data plots for over a thousand years. Examples from [[cartography]] include [[Geographia (Ptolemy)|Ptolemy's Geographia]] (2nd century AD), a map of China (1137 AD), and [[Charles Joseph Minard|Minard]]'s map (1861) of [[Napoleon]]'s [[French invasion of Russia|invasion of Russia]] a century and a half ago. Most of the concepts learned in devising these images carry over in a straightforward manner to computer visualization. [[Edward Tufte]] has written three critically acclaimed books that explain many of these principles.<ref>{{cite book |last=Tufte |first=Edward R. |author-link=Edward Tufte |year=1990 |title=Envisioning Information|publisher=Graphics Press |url=https://archive.org/details/envisioninginfor00tuft |url-access=registration |isbn=0961392118}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Tufte |first=Edward R. |author-link=Edward Tufte |edition=2nd |orig-year=1st Pub. 1983 |year=2001 |title=The Visual Display of Quantitative Information |publisher=Graphics Press |isbn=0961392142 |url=https://archive.org/details/visualdisplayofq00tuft }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Tufte |first=Edward R. |author-link=Edward Tufte |year=1997 |title=Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative |publisher=Graphics Press |isbn=0961392126 |url=https://archive.org/details/visualexplanatio00tuft }}</ref>
Computer graphics has from its beginning been used to study scientific problems. However, in its early days the lack of graphics power often limited its usefulness. The recent emphasis on visualization started in 1987 with the publication of Visualization in Scientific Computing, a special issue of Computer Graphics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evl.uic.edu/core.php?mod=4&type=3&indi=348|title=evl – electronic visualization laboratory|website=www.evl.uic.edu|access-date=2 September 2018|archive-date=30 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430224223/https://www.evl.uic.edu/core.php?mod=4&type=3&indi=348|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since then, there have been several conferences and workshops, co-sponsored by the [[IEEE Computer Society]] and [[ACM SIGGRAPH]], devoted to the general topic, and special areas in the field, for example volume visualization.
Most people are familiar with the digital animations produced to present [[meteorological]] data during weather reports on [[television]], though few can distinguish between those models of reality and the [[satellite photo]]s that are also shown on such programs. TV also offers scientific visualizations when it shows computer drawn and animated reconstructions of road or airplane accidents. Some of the most popular examples of scientific visualizations are [[computer-generated images]] that show real [[spacecraft]] in action, out in the void far beyond Earth, or on other [[planet]]s.{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}} Dynamic forms of visualization, such as [[educational animation]] or [[timeline]]s, have the potential to enhance learning about systems that change over time.
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As a subject in [[computer science]], [[scientific visualization]] is the use of interactive, sensory representations, typically visual, of abstract data to reinforce [[cognition]], [[hypothesis]] building, and [[reasoning]].
[[Scientific visualization]] is the transformation, selection, or representation of data from simulations or experiments, with an implicit or explicit geometric structure, to allow the exploration, analysis, and understanding of the data. Scientific visualization focuses and emphasizes the representation of higher order data using primarily graphics and animation techniques.<ref>"Scientific Visualization." sciencedaily.com. Science Daily, 2010. Retrieved from web [https://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/s/scientific_visualization.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/s/scientific_visualization.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423174848/https://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/s/scientific_visualization.htm |date=23 April 2015 }}. on 17 November 2011.</ref><ref>"Scientific Visualization." Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute. Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, University of Utah, n.d. Retrieved from web [http://www.sci.utah.edu/research/visualization.html http://www.sci.utah.edu/research/visualization.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004210316/http://www.sci.utah.edu/research/visualization.html |date=4 October 2019 }}. on 17 November 2011.</ref> It is a very important part of visualization and maybe the first one, as the visualization of experiments and phenomena is as old as [[science]] itself. Traditional areas of scientific visualization are [[flow visualization]], [[medical visualization]], [[astrophysical visualization]], and [[molecular graphics|chemical visualization]]. There are several different techniques to visualize scientific data, with [[isosurface|isosurface reconstruction]] and [[volume rendering|direct volume rendering]] being the more common.
=== Data and information visualization ===
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*[http://www.cc.gatech.edu/scivis/tutorial/tutorial.html Scientific Visualization Tutorials, Georgia Tech]
* [http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Scientific Visualization Studio (NASA)]
*[http://www.visual-literacy.org/index.html Visual-literacy.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022155301/http://www.visual-literacy.org/index.html |date=22 October 2019 }}, (e.g. [http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html Periodic Table of Visualization Methods])
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Many conferences occur where interactive visualization academic papers are presented and published.
* Amer. Soc. of Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T SIGVIS) [http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGVIS/index.htm Special Interest Group in Visualization Information and Sound] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202145828/http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGVIS/index.htm |date=2 December 2008 }}
*[http://www.acm.org/sigchi/ ACM SIGCHI]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060206183123/http://www.siggraph.org/ ACM SIGGRAPH]
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