Kumu: Kumu allows users to visually map data and then use filters, metrics, discussions, and presentations to engage discussions. Free for students and teachers (with .edu email).
Category: Data Visualization
Create interactive maps, plot charts, design infographics, and design GIFs from datasets. See Data Services: Supported Software for a list of data software supported by NYU.
Easelly
Easelly: Similar to Piktochart, Easelly has ready-to-use templates. You can drag and drop images and designs to use in your infographic, edit text directly on the web page, and add charts. Export options include high quality .jpgs and .pdf. FREE/PRO
Google Trends
Google Trends: visualize search topics trending on Google and YouTube. The platform generates line graphs and maps to illustrate the frequency of searches for your selected term(s); you can limit the scope of your research by time, location, category and type of search. FREE.
Google’s Data Gif Maker
Google’s Data Gif Maker: a simple visualization tool that helps you illustrate a two-term data comparison in the form of a GIF. Simply add your terms and comma-separated values to the form in order to generate your downloadable GIF file. FREE.
CartoDB’s Odyssey
CartoDB’s Odyssey: create interactive, map-driven stories in a simple sandbox, and embed the final product anywhere. Combine your text with Odyssey’s library , and explore templates, actions and behaviors directly on the sandbox prior to publishing. See an example.
StoryMapJS
StoryMapJS: Easily create stunning, embeddable, multimedia story maps with this free tool. You can use the default map, or create your own image map. Here’s an example:
Historypin
Historypin : A crowdsourced collection of photographs, documents, sounds, and moving images that are geo-located. FREE.
Google My Maps
Google My Maps : With Google My Maps, you can create custom maps to share and publish online. You can add multiple layers of locations, directions, photos and images. Data can also be imported and mapped. FREE.
Social Explorer
Social Explorer: a database containing current and historical demographic data primarily from the United States with features for users to create custom maps and reports to visualize and explore said data. Map features include side-by-side visualization, swipe toggling, multimedia annotations, and multi-map presentations. FREE for NYU community.
Piktochart
Piktochart: An “easy-to-use infographic creator,” piktochart offers over 100 ready-to-use themes. Once a theme is selected, you can edit the text, insert multimedia elements, and replace images. Free accounts have no usage limits; pro accounts have more templates and export functionalities. FREE/PRO
Carto
Carto: A platform that provides GIS and web mapping tools for display in a web browser, Carto is great if you want to map a dataset. NYU students, faculty, and researchers can get a Carto account when they sign up here with their NYU email.
ArcGIS
ArcGIS: A system for working with maps and geographic information. Frequently used for making maps, analyzing mapped information and managing geographic information in a database. Add your maps to powerpoint, or create a StoryMap around spatial data (tutorial here). ArcGIS is accessible on the Data Services workstations (located within the Research Commons on the 5th floor of …
LeafletJS
LeafletJS: An open-source JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps. Leaflet does not provide data for you, but you can convert your data to GeoJSON and then make a Leaflet map. Though Leaflet is not a GIS, it can be combined with tools like CartoDB. Check out this tutorial to get started. FREE.
OmniSci
OmniSci: as an open-source SQL engine, OmniSci is an analytics platform that creates visual representations of data to enhance analysis and interaction, including functionalities for multi-layered geospatial mapping. Explore their interactive demos, of which we highlight this live tweet map. Free/Paid.
DataViz Project
DataViz Project: an online database of different forms of data visualization categorized by function, family, shape, and input format. Use it for inspiration when creating your own visualization.
Zeppelin
Zeppelin: a web-based notebook with collaborative features that supports data ingestion, discovery, analytics, and visualization. Zeppelin works seamlessly with SQL, Python, and Spark, and allows plugins for any language/data-processing-backend. FREE.
EdWordle
EdWordle: An online word cloud generator that allows you to create unique word clouds through using text and data that you provide the website for analysis. FREE.
Venngage
Venngage: This is a great tool for creating several different types of visual materials, such as infographics, presentations, reports, diagrams, and lesson plans. The tool has a variety of templates for you to choose from, and you’ll find the templates’ ease-of-use convenient when you want to build visuals in a short amount of time. Venngage …
Clio
Clio: a website and mobile app that uses GPS to locate a user’s location and guide them to historical and cultural sites around them. Each entry contains information such as links to relevant books and articles, sources, and media files. FREE.
Filtergraph
Filtergraph: A data visualization tool that grew out of the Vanderbilt Initiative in Data-intensive Astrophysics and the Vanderbilt Initiative for Autism, Innovation and the Workforce. There is no need to create an account, and data can be uploaded within the browser. Map and graph visualizations can be exported as .svg files. There are also list …