Information Visualisation

Information visualization (infovis) involves the visual representation of and interaction with information spaces to facilitate their rapid assimilation and understanding by human users. The central challenge of infovis is to design a cognitively useful spatial mapping of data or information which is not in itself inherently spatial. Infovis draws on the intellectual traditions of several fields, including computer graphics, human-computer interaction, cognitive psychology, semiotics, graphic design, statistical graphics, cartography, and art.