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penhleak Adding data visualization tools
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arkyarky [Data cleaning]
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 ====== Tools and templates ====== ====== Tools and templates ======
  
 +As an ODI we cannot promote non-open-source applications it’s part of our philosophy of Openness and Independence.
 +
 +Here are some fundamentals are guiding principles:
 +    - We should always promote open source and free software where applicable and appropriate. Those that provide more control over personal data and security protections. 
 +  -  Tools and applications which are respectful of data privacy and rights - this precludes many proprietary software applications - see terms and conditions.
 +  - Tools and applications which do not lock users into services which they cannot afford over the longer term, or require them to loose this access upon account closures.
 +  
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 +Sometimes we do use proprietary software and this mix is going to be around for various reasons. Where-ever possible we do try to ensure that these companies have a ‘social’ component that offers services for non-for-profits which offers the full suite without a cost. Tableau and DataWrapper do, as does Mapbox. ​
 +We have previously moved away from some applications because they do not off these services - such as Carto, ArcGIS and to an extent that we still use some is because of legacy. i.e. many had free terms and then changed these policies at a later date.
 ===== Tools and templates for more efficient work ===== ===== Tools and templates for more efficient work =====
-**Collaborative documentation** +====Collaborative documentation==== 
-  * [[http://www.hackpad.com|http://​www.hackpad.com]] (cloud-based word processing)+  * [[https://notes.datawrapper.de/ Etherpad]] 
 +  *<​del>​ [[http://​www.hackpad.com|Hackpad]] (cloud-based word processing)</​del>​ 
 +  * [[https://​drive.google.com/​|Google Drive]] (cloud-base spreadsheet) 
 +  * [[https://​www.draw.io/​|Draw.io]] (Flowchart/​diagram-making tool. It can be connected to Google Drive, Dropbox, Device or browser)
  
-**Translation** +====Data cleaning==== 
-  * [[http://www.transifex.com|http://www.transifex.com]]+  * [[http://openrefine.org/​|OpenRefine]] (Tutorials and documentation are available[[https://​github.com/​OpenRefine/​OpenRefine/​wiki/​External-Resources|here]]) 
 +  * [[https://workbenchdata.com/ | Workbench]] (Workbench is recommended workflow of data pipelines over Google spreadsheets,​ you can follow the tutorial [[https://​app.workbenchdata.com/​lessons/​en|here]]
  
-**RSS news feeds** 
-  * [[http://​www.wprssimporter.com|http://​www.wprssimporter.com]] (WordPress plugin) 
  
-**Web scraping** 
-  * [[http://​www.kimonolabs.com|http://​www.kimonolabs.com]] 
-  * [[http://​www.import.io|http://​www.import.io]] 
  
-**Web app automation** +====Translation==== 
-  * [[http://​www.ifttt.com|http://​www.ifttt.com]] +  ​[[https://​www.transifex.com|Transifex]] 
-  * [[http://​www.zapier.com|http://​www.zapier.com]]+  ​[[https://​crowdin.com/​ | Crowdin]] 
 +  * [[https://​weblate.org | weblate.org]] 
 + 
 +====RSS news feeds==== 
 +  * [[http://​www.wprssimporter.com|WordPress RSS Importer]] (WordPress plugin) 
 + 
 + 
 +====Web scraping==== 
 +  ​[[https://​webscraper.io/​| Webscraper.io]] 
 +  ​[[https://​wrapapi.com/​| wrapapi.com]] ​ 
 +  * <del>[[http://​www.kimonolabs.com|Kimono Lab.com]]</​del>​ 
 +  * [[http://www.import.io|Import.io]] 
 + 
 +====API Creation / Testing====  
 +  *[[https://​www.postman.com/| Postman]] 
 +  ​*[[https://​wrapapi.com/​| wrapapi.com ]] 
 + 
 +====Archiving Webpages==== 
 +  * [[ https://​archive.is/​faq | Archive.is]] Better features and no exclusion rules for certain websites 
 +  * [[ https://​archive.org | Archive.org ]]  
 + 
 +====Web Search====  
 +  * [[https://​www.torproject.org/​download/​ | Tor Browser]] Use Tor and Tor Browser to search  
 +  * [[https://​duckduckgo.com | DuckDuckGo]] 
 +  * [[https://​www.qwant.com/​ | Qwant]] 
 + 
 +====Web app automation==== 
 +<​del> ​ * [[http://​www.ifttt.com|IFTTT]] 
 +  * [[http://​www.zapier.com|Zapier]]</​del>​
  
 **Visualization and infographics** **Visualization and infographics**
-  ​* [[http://piktochart.com/​|http://​piktochart.com/]] +   * [[https://www.canva.com/ | canva.com]] 
-  * [[http://infogr.am|http://infogr.am]] +  * [[http://extremepresentation.typepad.com/blog/​2006/​09/​choosing_a_good.html|Chart suggestion - a thought-starter]] (What would you like to show? relationship,​ comparison, composition,​ or distribution?​) 
-  * [[https://datawrapper.de/|https://​datawrapper.de/​]] +  * [[http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/​|Information is Beautiful]] (Inspirations on ideas, issues, knowledge, data — visualized!) 
-  * [[https://public.tableau.com/s/​|https://​public.tableau.com/​s/​]] +  * [[http://piktochart.com/​|Piktochart]] 
-  * [[https://​cartodb.com/​|https://​cartodb.com/]] +  * [[http://infogr.am|Infogr.am]] 
-  * [[http://www.xmind.net|http://​www.xmind.net]] (tree diagramming,​ like for the taxonomy)+  * [[https://​datawrapper.de/​|Datawrapper]] (Setting font size for title and notes is possible with html codes. The note section can be used to list multiple sources of data.) 
 +  * [[https://cloud.highcharts.com/|Highcharts Cloud]] 
 +  * [[https://​public.tableau.com/​s/​|Tableau Public]] 
 +  * [[https://​cartodb.com/​|CartoDB]] 
 +  * [[https://timeline.knightlab.com/|Timeline JS]] 
 +  * [[http://timemapper.okfnlabs.org/|TimeMapper]] 
 +  * [[http://​d3js.org/​|D3:​ Data Driven Documentation]] (JavaScript library for producing dynamic, interactive data visualizations in web browsers) 
 +  * <​del>​[[https://​support.google.com/​fusiontables/​answer/​2571232|Google Fusion Table]] (Fusion Tables is an experimental data visualization web application to gather, visualize, and share data tables.)</​del>​ 
 +  * [[http://​www.xmind.net|XMind]] (tree diagramming,​ like for the taxonomy) 
 + 
 +====Code Editors==== 
 +  * [[ https://​code.visualstudio.com/​ | VS Code]] 
 +  * [[ https://​marketplace.visualstudio.com/​items?​itemName=ritwickdey.LiveServer| Live Server Extension for VS Code]] 
 +  * [[https://​marketplace.visualstudio.com/​items?​itemName=CoenraadS.bracket-pair-colorizer|Bracket Pair Colorizer Extension for VS Code]] 
 +  * [[ https://​marketplace.visualstudio.com/​items?​itemName=SirTori.indenticator| Indenticator Extension for VS code]] 
 +  * [[ https://​marketplace.visualstudio.com/​items?​itemName=mohsen1.prettify-json| JSON Prettify Extension for VS Code ]] 
 + 
 +====Notebooks==== 
 +  * [[https://​observablehq.com | Observable Notebooks] 
 +  * [[ https://​colab.research.google.com| Google Colaboratory ]] 
 + 
 +====Interactive tutorials==== 
 +  * [[http://​www.amberjack.com|Amberjack]] 
 +  * [[http://​usablica.github.io/​intro.js/​|USAblica.github.io]] 
 +  * [[http://​www.powtoon.com|Powtoon]] (making short animated videos) 
 +  * [[http://​camstudio.org/​|CamStudio]] (making videos by capturing on-screen activity and audio) 
 + 
 +====Typesetting/​DTP==== 
 +  * [[https://​www.scribus.net/​ | Scribus]] Use Scribus to create reports, books and publications. Here is [[https://​www.youtube.com/​watch?​v=JQH5fQjGqbk | in depth video tutorial of scribus]] 
 + 
 +===== External resources =====
  
-**Interactive tutorials** +[[http://archives.open-steps.org/resources-guides/|Open Steps' resources and guides]]
-  * [[http://www.amberjack.com|http://​www.amberjack.com]] +
-  * [[http://​usablica.github.io/​intro.js/|http://​usablica.github.io/​intro.js/​]] +
-  * [[http://​www.powtoon.com|http://​www.powtoon.com]] (making short animated videos) +
-  * [[http://​camstudio.org/​|http://​camstudio.org/​]] (making videos by capturing on-screen activity and audio)+
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