Do Interactive plotting tools for a website exist?

[William Park]

On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 09:11:10PM -0500, Mike Steed wrote:
> Chris Arai wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying to create a web page that will allow users to input data and
> > then have a cgi script plot it for them and do other calculations.  My
> > original thought was to use Python to grab data from a form, crunch it
> > and then plot it.  Are there any plotting tools that will allow me to
> > create graphs in browser viewable format?
> >
> 
> Try searching on 'chart' or 'graph' at the Vaults (down at the moment):
> 
> http://www.vex.net/parnassus/
> 
> > Or are there any tools that will allow me to do this directly, with out
> > writing the cgi script myself (I'm doubtful)??
> 
> (So am I.)
> 
> > Thanks,
> > Chris

1.  Use PiCTeX (a TeX macro), and produce PS file using 'dvips'.  Then,
convert it to GIF or PNG using ImageMagick or something like it.

2.  There is Python interface 'gdchart.py' to 'gd' charting package.  It
produces PNG directly.

---William Park, Open Geometry Consulting