VisualEyes

VisualEyes is web-based authoring tool developed at the University of Virginia to weave images, maps, charts, video and data into highly interactive and compelling dynamic visualizations.

VisualEyes enables scholars to present selected primary source materials and research findings while encouraging active inquiry and hands-on learning among general and targeted audiences. It communicates through the use of dynamic displays – or "visualizations" – that organize and present meaningful information in both traditional and multimedia formats, such as audio-video, animation, charts, maps, data, and interactive timelines. The effective use of the visualizations can reveal and illuminate relationships between multiple kinds of information across time and space far more effectively than words alone.

This project was started at the Virginia Center for Digital History and is partially funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities with continued support from the University of Virginia's Sciences, Humanities & Arts Network of Technological Initiatives (SHANTI). VisualEyes is freely available for academic and non-profit use.

Examples of VisualEyes Projects

Vinegar Hill:
A MemoryScape

A visualization of a 1960's
Charlottesville, VA
urban renewal project

Click here to see visualization
Interactive querying of Vinegar Hill
property appraisals
Timeline of aerials and news
from 1954-1992

Jefferson's Travels
to England

A visualization of Thomas
Jefferson's 1786 trip
to England

Click here to see visualization
Jefferson's Travels whie in
London in 1786
A look at Benjamin West's
school of artists

The Texas Slavery
Project

A mapping of Texas slave
ownership 1837-1845
by Andrew Torget

Click here to see visualization
Mapping of slaveholders
and slaves by county
Interactive querying of
enslaved populations


Origins of a
Railroad Town

A visualization of
Parksley, VA 1884-1904
by Brooks Miles Barnes

Click here to see visualization

Parksley lot map
1904 sales

Details about residents,
events, and deeds

Jefferson's Travels
to Poplar Forest

A visualization of Thomas
Jefferson's travels to
Poplar Forest

Click here to see visualization
Thomas Jefferson's
retirement library
The architecture of
Poplar Forest

Flash required: The live visualizations require Adobe's Flash plug-in v9 or later.
You can download it for free here: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer

Other VisualEyes Projects

James Smithson
A look at Smithsonian benefactor James Smithson from 1760 to 1830 created for the Smithsonian Institution.
Hagley Museum
A visualization of the Dupont Company's gunpowder works on the Brandywine river 1804-1842.

More Information about VisualEyes

A screencast tour of some VisualEyes Projects

A Historian's View of VisualEyes (née, HistoryBrowser)

How VisualEyes Works

Overview of Making VisualEyes Projects

Tools

VisEdit: VisualEyes Project Tool
A tool to edit/create projects in VisualEyes (15min screencast on VisEdit)
Project Documentation
How to create projects in VisualEyes
ArcGIS/AI map importer
A tool to convert Maps in ESRI's ArcGIS & Adobe Illustrator format
Project Support Blog
A support blog for people creatingVisualEyes project
Project Support Q&A's
Questions and answers about creating projects

Contact

Bill Ferster
VisualEyes project director
bferster - @ - virginia.edu
+1 (540) 592-7001

Funded in part by:

VisualEyes is web-based authoring tool developed at the University of Virginia to weave images, maps, charts, video and data into highly interactive and compelling dynamic visualizations. VisualEyes enables scholars to present selected primary source materials and research findings while encouraging active inquiry and hands-on learning among general and targeted audiences. It communicates through the use of dynamic displays – or "visualizations" – that organize and present meaningful information in both traditional and multimedia formats, such as audio-video, animation, charts, maps, data, and interactive timelines. The effective use of the visualizations can reveal and illuminate relationships between multiple kinds of information across time and space far more effectively than words alone. This project was started at the Virginia Center for Digital History and is partially funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities with continued support from the University of Virginia's Sciences, Humanities & Arts Network of Technological Initiatives (SHANTI). VisualEyes is freely available for academic and non-profit use. Examples of VisualEyes Projects
	Vinegar Hill: A MemoryScape A visualization of a 1960's Charlottesville, VA urban renewal project Click here to see visualization	Interactive querying of Vinegar Hill property appraisals	Timeline of aerials and news from 1954-1992

	Jefferson's Travels to England A visualization of Thomas Jefferson's 1786 trip to England Click here to see visualization	Jefferson's Travels whie in London in 1786	A look at Benjamin West's school of artists

	The Texas Slavery Project A mapping of Texas slave ownership 1837-1845 by Andrew Torget Click here to see visualization	Mapping of slaveholders and slaves by county	Interactive querying of enslaved populations

	Origins of a Railroad Town A visualization of Parksley, VA 1884-1904 by Brooks Miles Barnes Click here to see visualization	Parksley lot map 1904 sales	Details about residents, events, and deeds

	Jefferson's Travels to Poplar Forest A visualization of Thomas Jefferson's travels to Poplar Forest Click here to see visualization	Thomas Jefferson's retirement library	The architecture of Poplar Forest
Flash required: The live visualizations require Adobe's Flash plug-in v9 or later. You can download it for free here: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer Other VisualEyes Projects James Smithson A look at Smithsonian benefactor James Smithson from 1760 to 1830 created for the Smithsonian Institution. Hagley Museum A visualization of the Dupont Company's gunpowder works on the Brandywine river 1804-1842. More Information about VisualEyes A screencast tour of some VisualEyes Projects A Historian's View of VisualEyes (née, HistoryBrowser) How VisualEyes Works Overview of Making VisualEyes Projects Tools VisEdit: VisualEyes Project Tool A tool to edit/create projects in VisualEyes (15min screencast on VisEdit) Project Documentation How to create projects in VisualEyes ArcGIS/AI map importer A tool to convert Maps in ESRI's ArcGIS & Adobe Illustrator format Project Support Blog A support blog for people creatingVisualEyes project Project Support Q&A's Questions and answers about creating projects Contact
		Bill Ferster VisualEyes project director bferster - @ - virginia.edu +1 (540) 592-7001
Funded in part by: