Graph Drawing

Drawing (visualizing) a graph (or maybe Network) dataset. See Graph Theory, Everything Is A Graph.

http://www.compendiumdev.co.uk/alttools/modeltools.htm

https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2006/09/list-of-nifty-tools-diagrams-charts/

Many (but not all) use GML as a data format.

• good to have SVG view?

Mind Mapping is a subset.

Piddle is is a Python module for creating two-dimensional graphics in a manner that is both cross-platform and cross-media; that is, it can support screen graphics (e.g. Quick Draw, Windows, Tk) as well as file output (PostScript, PDF, GIF, etc.).

Mathematica and its clones

Network X Python library https://networkx.lanl.gov/wiki

Corda free version http://www.corda.com/products/freeware/

Prefuse Java - http://prefuse.sourceforge.net/

• example of force-directed graph of pages on a WikiSpace.

Dia

Gliffy WebApp (!?) http://www.gliffy.com

• looks like a Flash app, but does have export of JPEG/PNG/SVG
• hey, it actually does connecting vectors that move with either end! (Unfortunately they're right-angled, not pretty curves.)

TouchGraph: for rendering, not editing

LGL/Large Graph Layout http://lgl.sourceforge.net/

Ubi Graph http://www.ubietylab.net/ubigraph/index.html

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/10/18/charts-and-graphs-modern-solutions/

EverNote has MohioMap https://www.moh.io/

AJAX/JavaScript/HTML5 libraries? - Really want something for WikiGraph Browser.

• what does The Brain use for WebApp? It's not Flash (in Feb'2013)
  • uses GWT
    • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2948823/how-can-i-draw-diagrams-using-google-web-toolkit
    • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5541014/gwt-graph-diagram-frameworks
• http://thejit.org/demos/
• https://gojs.net/
• http://js-graph-it.sourceforge.net/
• http://anorwell.com/index.php?id=32
• http://arborjs.org/
• https://github.com/anvaka/VivaGraphJS
• https://github.com/strathausen/dracula
• http://wiki.gephi.org/index.php/Specification_-_Network_visualization_with_WebGL
• hmm Processing? 2008-05-09-ProcessingInJavascript
• http://raphaeljs.com/ SVG
• ProtoVis http://mbostock.github.com/protovis/
  • replaced by d3 (D3Js)
    • some graph drawing examples
• CoffeePhysics http://badassjs.com/post/18503583619/coffeephysics-a-fast-new-physics-engine-written-in
• http://bl.ocks.org/rkirsling/5001347 editor
• Software Galaxies code-dependencies viewer https://github.com/anvaka/pm/tree/master/about#software-galaxies-documentation

See also manual diagram tools.