Visualization of Google Code Jam participation

Xan Gregg
Xan Gregg|May 9, 2012

I’ve always enjoyed programming contests. I was a regular contestant and sometimes winner in MacTech magazine’s Programmer’s Challenge in the ’90s where the fastest code wins, and I’ve been a longtime participant and now part-time administrator at Project Euler, where only correctness matters. For the past couple years, I’ve been [...]

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Using images to add context to your data

John Ponte
John Ponte|February 2, 2012

On more than one occasion, I have been asked why we added image functionality to JMP. After all, JMP is a statistical software package. What is the value of imagery and what can you do with images in JMP? Well, there are a number of reasons for adding the functionality, [...]

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New topics for Mastering JMP webcasts this autumn

Gail Massari
Gail Massari|September 9, 2011

The autumn lineup of live Mastering JMP webcasts is set. And if you are one of the 2,000+ JMP users who attended a live webcast during the first half of 2011, you’ll notice some new topics: • Sept. 29: Finding the Best Predictive Model for Your Data • Oct. 6: [...]

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Creating a custom location map in JMP 9

Scott Wise
Scott Wise|September 5, 2011

Ever wanted to create a custom map in JMP using your own custom location coordinates? Perhaps you want to map out a new building or landscaping effort so you can visually analyze the project data in JMP. Or perhaps you want to be able to see a layout of your organization’s operations [...]

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Interface 2011 and Micromaps

Xan Gregg
Xan Gregg|June 8, 2011

Last week, SAS and JMP hosted Interface 2011: Statistical, Machine Learning, and Visualization Algorithms, 42nd Symposium on the Interface. The deep statistical issues were mostly over my head, but I found enough discussion of visualizations to keep me interested. Leland Wilkinson shared his recent research on Venn diagrams, which may [...]

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Using Geographic and Custom Maps: Videos and Answers

Gail Massari
Gail Massari|April 21, 2011

JMP Product Manager Jeff Perkinson presented the April 14 Mastering JMP session, Using Geographic and Custom Maps. I divided his demo into three parts for you to watch at your leisure. By default, JMP installs map files in a Maps directory. Each map consists of two JMP data files with [...]

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Follow-Up to Visualizing Data Using Graphics Webcast

Gail Massari
Gail Massari|March 11, 2011

On March 10 in her Mastering JMP live webcast, Dara Hammond demonstrated techniques for visualizing data using dynamic graphics. She shared ways to modify, customize, export and animate graphs; manipulate graph axis settings, points and display characteristics; and use the shape and geographic mapping functions to plot results. As promised, [...]

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All About Background Maps in JMP 9: NASA Server Lost in Space?

John Ponte
John Ponte|February 16, 2011

If you followed my series of blog posts on background maps in JMP 9, you may have read the blog post titled, All About Background Maps in JMP 9: NASA Server and Web Map Service. In that blog post, I discussed two of the options for background maps that use [...]

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All About Background Maps in JMP 9: JSL Scripting

John Ponte
John Ponte|December 20, 2010

This blog post is the final one in a series about image-based background maps in JMP 9. Part I of the series introduced background maps, which are a new feature in JMP. It explained why background maps are useful and showed how to access a background map through the user [...]

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Mapping Paris Property Prices as They Reach Record High

Frank Baudet
Frank Baudet|December 1, 2010

7,000 — that’s the big number everyone was talking about last week in Paris. 7,000 what? 7,000 Euro/m², that’s the average price prospective buyers now have to pay for properties in Paris. If you are not used to m², 1 m² is roughly equal to 10.8 ft², and whichever way [...]

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