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Immersion is a tool for analyzing and depicting connections in email.
- Data: A Gmail or Yahoo mail account.
- Analysis: Immersion parses mail headers for flow information.
- Visualization: Displays entities (senders, receivers, etc.) as nodes and
It analyzes the flow data (information found in email headers) and represents these as a network of entities. The analysis is done in real time on the flow data for which you provide credentials. The display is rich and interactive.
By design, Immersion collects only header information (From, To, Cc and Timestamp).
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The FAQ describes what information you
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grant access to,
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how it will be used, and how to delete your data when you are done. You can also explore with demo data.
- Data: Gmail, Yahoo or MS Exchange (unhosted only) mail account
- Analysis: Done in real time. Immersion parses mail headers for flow information.
- Visualization: Displays entities (senders, receivers, etc.) as nodes and
. If you do not like the terms of the tool, you can experience it with their demo data.
- Demo (If you would rather not use your own account)
Gephi is a commonly used network analysis tool. It requires local installation, and is by comparison more flexible and powerful.
Spatial and Temporal Representation
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If time permits, we might look at Viewshare, Viewshare is a free tool provided by the Library of Congress that allows you to generate and customize generates interactive maps , and timelines , facets, and tag cloud visualizations of with facets for digital collections. The The tool presupposes that you have an the setup of a user account and your data ready, including data in columnar form that includes location and/or time related data fields in some basic forms. A few helpful tutorials are available. Viewshare can be embedded into other web experiences.
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- Data: User supplied. The example below is from selected metadata from the Cornell Hip Hop Collection.
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- Sample data - Fairfax County Postcards
Test visualization of digital collections from Cornell University Hip Hop Collection
Image Analysis
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