Description of use::viewing
Justin B Rye
jbr at edlug.org.uk
Sat Sep 23 16:17:14 UTC 2006
Enrico Zini wrote:
> looks like we could improve this:
>
> Tag: use::viewing
> Description: Data Visualization
> Data Visualization
>
> "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?
> Also, I've been asking for a use:: tag for ircmarkers, and we seem to
> lack one. It's not about viewing, but about rendering some data
> somehow. Maybe use::plotting?
Turning an existing set of coordinates into an xearth display sounds
like a pretty good example of data visualisation...
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