Beginning Python Visualization: Crafting Visual Transformation Scripts 2nd edition

Publisher Marketing: We are visual animals. But before we can see the world in its true splendor, our brains, just like our computers, have to sort and organize raw data, and then transform that data to produce new images of the world. Beginning Python Visualization: Crafting Visual Transformation Scripts, Second Edition discusses turning many types of data sources, big and small, into useful visual data. And, you will learn Python as part of the bargain. In this second edition you ll learn about Spyder, which is a Python IDE with MATLAB(r) -like features. Here and throughout the book, you ll get detailed exposure to the growing IPython project for interactive visualization. In addition, you'll learn about the changes in NumPy and Scipy that have occurred since the first edition. Along the way, you'll get many pointers and a few visual examples. As part of this update, you ll learn about matplotlib in detail; this includes creating 3D graphs and using the basemap package that allows you to render geographical maps. Finally, you'll learn about image processing, annotating, and filtering, as well as how to make movies using Python. This includes learning how to edit/open video files and how to create your own movie, all with Python scripts. Today's big data and computational scientists, financial analysts/engineers and web developers like you - will find this updated book very relevant. What you'll learn How to present visual information instead of data soupHow to set up an open source environment ready for data visualizationHow to do numerical and textual processingHow to draw graphs and plots based on textual and numerical data using NumPy, Spyder and moreHow to explore and use new visual libraries including matplotlib's 3D graphs and basemap packageHow to build and use interactive visualization using IPython Who this book is for IT personnel, programmers, engineers, and hobbyists interested in acquiring and displaying data from the Web, sensors, economic trends, and even astronomical sources Table of Contents 1. Navigating the World of Data Visualization 2. The Environment3. Python for Programmers4. Data Organization5. Processing Text Files6. Graphs and Plots7. Math Games8. Business and Visualization9. Image Processing10. Advanced File Processing11. Appendix"

Contributor Bio:  Vaingast, Shai Shai Vaingast has been an engineer, an engineering manager, and a director of engineering since 1993. He has worked in the defense industry and in medical engineering, while being heavily involved with data visualization. He holds a patent and has several others pending.