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Hello Everybody,
So my partner and I were exploring processing the other day and realized you can do so much with a csv file and xml file. We wanted to create a project using data online in the form of a csv file and xml file. The plan was to import the files into processing and create some kind of data visualization. Unfortunately we are completely bummed out simply because we have no idea how to create "art" or a data visualization in processing using data from online (csv or xml file). Is there anyone that can help us or throw us in the right track. Any help would be greatly appreciated.!!
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You could start off by attempting to use loadStrings() or loadTable(), read and display the information.
Once you're comfortable w/ that, you can start to use some drawing functions based on those loaded data.
Alright thats perfect so I got that , but now how do I take these loaded files in processing and make them into an interesting piece of art or data visualization?
Sorry, no good at art myself! But I believe map() & noise() functions are good tools for it:
In "data visualization", there is the word "data"...
So its "visualization" will depend a lot of what data you get. Textual? Numbers? Both? What quantity? Etc.
Hey, you can lot of (semi-random) data just by doing loadBytes() on an image...
Explore the Processing side, and the online books about this topic. There was a lot written in the topic, you can find inspiration there.