Posted by kbasarab on March 8, 2013 at 3:58am
Start:
2013-03-19 18:00 - 20:00 America/New_York Organizers:
Event type:
User group meeting
This month we are happy to have Pramod giving a presentation on using Google Charting and Visualizing data with Drupal. Once again this month we are happy to have Justin Witt hosting on behalf of Modis and Adecco.
Meeting Agenda:
- Introductions
- FL Drupal Camp update
- Presentation: Visualizing Data by Pramod Jain
- Q&A/Wrap up. Any questions and then head to Seven Bridges for post-meeting drinks/food between 7:30-8.
Comments
Data Visualization
Here is a more detailed abstract of my talk:
I will present google_chart_tools, a Drupal module for data visualization. We had a need to bring in daily data from wind measurement and create visualization tools. The requirements were ability to view charts of two types: LineChart and RadarChart; view data at various levels of aggregation: hourly, daily, weekly and monthly.
The project involved creating a custom DB specifically for visualization data. We used forms API to create forms to input various configuration parameters. Google_Chart_Tools module is used to create charts in SVG.
I will also present our creation, a new chart type called “wind rose.” This is created by modifying the google_chart_tools module. Other enhancements to the module are done to meet our need for displaying custom circles, lines and text in a chart. This is accomplished by modifying the module to take as input “raw” SVG elements, which are then added to chart’s SVG DOM.
FYI, Had an error in the time
FYI, Had an error in the time on this thread. Meetup time starts at 6:00pm EDT. not 7pm.
Kevin Basarab | Mediacurrent