What is Many Eyes?
Many Eyes is a public web application launched in 2007 by IBM Research for visualizing data and creating interactive visualizations. It allows users to upload datasets in various formats, create visualizations like charts, graphs, maps, networks and trees based on the data, and publish them for public viewing and analysis.
Some key features of Many Eyes include:
- Intuitive drag-and-drop interface for rapidly creating visualizations from datasets
- Support for variety of chart types including bar charts, line charts, scatter plots, maps, tag clouds etc
- Options for customizing colors, scales, graph sizes for the visualizations
- Public gallery where users can browse visualizations created by the community
- Embedding and sharing options allow easy distribution of the interactive visuals
- Recording of public feedback against each visualization to foster discussions
By encouraging public participation for analyzing data visually, Many Eyes aims to support data transparency and broader considerations around using data effectively for decision making by both experts and public.
Tableau, FusionCharts Suite XT, Datamatic.io, DIVE by MIT Media Lab, Piktochart, Infogr.am, Charts 4 PHP, Marple, Zoho Analytics, Birst, Adioma are some alternatives to Many Eyes.