JSM 2004 - Toronto

Abstract #300155

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Activity Number: 319
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Graphics
Abstract - #300155
Title: The Milestones Project: A Case Study in Statistical Historiography
Author(s): Michael Friendly*+
Companies: York University
Address: Psychology Dept., Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3, Canada
Keywords: data visualization ; thematic cartography ; timelines
Abstract:

The graphic representation of quantitative information has deep roots that reach into the histories of thematic cartography, geodesic measurement, statistics and statistical graphics, medicine, and other fields, and also into enabling developments in technology for reproduction, display, and computation. The Milestones Project attempts to document and illustrate these historical developments leading to modern data visualization and visual thinking. It consists of a comprehensive catalog of important milestones in all fields related to data visualization, with representative images, bibliographical citations, cross-references, web links. In this presentation, I describe the origins and present status of this project, and try to address questions of statistical historigraphy--- how to represent, analyze, display, and study themes, antecedants, influences, patterns, trends, and so forth.

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