http://raphaeljs.com What is it?

Raphal is a small JavaScript library that should simplify your work with vector graphics on the web. If you want to create your own specific chart or image crop and rotate widget, for example, you can achieve it simply and easily with this library. Raphal ['rfe l] uses the SVG W3C Recommendation and VML as a base for creating graphics. This means every graphical object you create is also a DOM object, so you can attach JavaScript event handlers or modify them later. Raphal currently supports Firefox 3.0+, Safari 3.0+, Chrome 5.0+, Opera 9.5+ and Internet Explorer 6.0+.

http://raphaeljs.com/polar-clock.html good for many data sets

something that traces a line from a fixed point http://raphaeljs.com/gear.html

Nice effect when loop sits over circle

http://mbostock.github.io/d3/talk/20111116/bundle.html http://cartodb.com

http://circos.ca

visualizing data like this that kind of pulsed and ibed and spiked could be pretty rad! http://flare.prefuse.org/demo spinning circle that gets faster, I like the idea of pace & speed to communicate data info

tree

force

indent

radial

circle

dendrogram

bubbles

circle pack

sun burst

stacks

timeline

scatter, linear scale http://flare.prefuse.org/demo

bar

donut

pie