Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) is an emerging area of research. With the increase in applications for sensor networks, data manipulation and representation have become a crucial component of sensor networks. These networks have typically no means of visualizing their internal state, sensor readings or computational results. Visualization is therefore a key issue to develop and operate these networks. Data emitted by individual sensor nodes is collected by gateway and forwarded to a machine called base station/sink. It can then be passed via Internet connectivity to the visualization software (tool) on a potentially remote machine. Visualization plug-ins can register to different data types, and visualize the information using a flexible multi-layer mechanism that renders the information on a canvas. Developers can easily adapt existing or develop new custom tailored plug-ins for their specific visualization needs and applications. The objective of this contribution is to present a detailed survey on various data visualization tools for WSNs.
Parbat et al. REF presented a survey on data visualization tools used in WSN monitoring.
Data Visualization Tools for WSNs: A Glimpse
International Journal of Computer Applications
Computer Science