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]]> http://jonathanstray.com/we-have-no-maps-of-the-web/comment-page-1#comment-2066 Jonathan Stray » A full-text visualization of the Iraq War Logs Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:39:05 +0000 http://jonathanstray.com/?p=616#comment-2066 [...] What can we learn from this visualization technique? Clusters are fairly reliable structures. Using color to plot one type of information against another can reveal patterns. And we believe that this visualization captures some important macro-scale aspects of the War Logs. This picture isn’t a story in the usual sense, but we find it insightful nonetheless, and maybe it tells us where to look further. A search tool only can only answer the questions we ask, but a visualization tool lets us make maps. [...] [...] What can we learn from this visualization technique? Clusters are fairly reliable structures. Using color to plot one type of information against another can reveal patterns. And we believe that this visualization captures some important macro-scale aspects of the War Logs. This picture isn’t a story in the usual sense, but we find it insightful nonetheless, and maybe it tells us where to look further. A search tool only can only answer the questions we ask, but a visualization tool lets us make maps. [...]

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