This week we focused on finalizing our plans for the visualizations and finalizing which team members will contribute each part. We spent a lot of time discussing the pros and cons of d3 and Vincent, a module that allows for easy Vega visualizations of python data. We ultimately decided that d3 would be the better choice, because it gives us more options and greater flexibility with our graphs. It also allows for easier expansion of our product if we so desire. We also spoke about how we would analyze the data to determine what sort of graph to automate for each data set, and how we would output our analysis for easy use in JavaScript. We decided that outputting the most useful information in json would make our d3 visualization as efficient as possible.

We made a lot of progress on determining our overall structure and making sure that we are on a good path to finish by the time of the final presentations. What was challenging about this weeks meeting was making sure that all the parts of what we are doing and how those parts will fit together were clarified for everyone, as our product has so many components.

For the next meeting, we plan to have working visualizations and analyses of sample data files. We will spend the next meeting discussing how to improve and/or expand these visualizations in order to make our product as useful as possible.