On Monday, November 29, 2010, Uri Laserson <laser...@mit.edu> wrote: > Hi everyone, > I have recently been introduced to the protovis visualization library, and I > find aspects of it to be incredibly appealing for certain visualizations that > don't fit some of the canonical chart types. > > > http://vis.stanford.edu/protovis/ > Has anyone ever thought of porting the API from protovis and using the MPL > backends to perform the rendering? Is anyone interested in potentially > working on a port? I was thinking we'd initially start with the static > functionality, and ultimately also port the interaction if there is enough > interest. > > > Uri > > ...................................................................................Uri > Laserson > Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering > Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology > M +1 917 742 8019 > laser...@mit.edu > >
Those charts are certainly interesting. I haven't looked at the API (JavaScript?!), but at the very least we could probably add a few new graphs to our gallery. Maybe use their gallery to inspire some new chart types in mpl? Ben Root ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
