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A helpful list of Orgin-Destinaton flow visualization tools and research
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# awesome-flow-visualization

A helpful list of Orgin-Destinaton flow visualization tools and research. 



Orgin-Destinaton flow visualizations are vital accross a multiude of fields including transportation engineering, economic trade analysis and demography mapping. 



Feel free to contribute by opening an issue or creating a pull request. 



## Tools (by Language/ parent software)	



### Python

 - [Seaborn - Heatmap](https://seaborn.pydata.org/generated/seaborn.heatmap.html) 

 - [Chord - Chord Diagram](https://python-graph-gallery.com/chord-diagram/) 

 - [Plotly - Sankey](https://python-graph-gallery.com/sankey-diagram/) 

 - [Plotly - Scattergeo](https://coderzcolumn.com/tutorials/data-science/how-to-create-connection-map-chart-in-python-jupyter-notebook-plotly-and-geopandas#1)  

 - [Geopandas and Matplotlib](https://coderzcolumn.com/tutorials/data-science/how-to-create-connection-map-chart-in-python-jupyter-notebook-plotly-and-geopandas#2)  

   

### R

 - [Odline](https://github.com/maptalks/maptalks.odline) - 

 - [stplanr](https://github.com/ropensci/stplanr/) - A package for sustainable transport planning with R including functions for working with O-D data.

 - [cartography](https://riatelab.github.io/cartography/) - Has functions for working with O-D data (ex getLinkLayer())

 - [mapsf](https://github.com/riatelab/mapsf) - Successor to cartography

 - [gravity](https://pacha.dev/gravity/) - Create gravity models to predict the amount of flow in a network.

 - [Circos - Chord Diagram ](https://jokergoo.github.io/circlize_book/book/the-chorddiagram-function.html)

 - [CIRCLIZE - chord diagram ](https://r-graph-gallery.com/chord-diagram.html)

 - [Heatmap  - heatmap](https://r-graph-gallery.com/heatmap)

 - [networkD3 - sankey diagram ](https://r-graph-gallery.com/sankey-diagram.html)

 - [Plotly - sankey diagram ](https://plotly.com/r/sankey-diagram/)

 - [Ggsankey - sankey ](https://r-charts.com/flow/sankey-diagram-ggplot2/)

   

### Javascript

   - [FlowMap GL](https://github.com/visgl/flowmap.gl) - The mot popular way in javascript for visualising O - D data

   - [Arabesque](https://github.com/gflowiz/arabesque) - JavaScript project for working with OD data

   - [d3.js - Chord Diagram ](https://d3-graph-gallery.com/chord.html)

   - [ApexCharts - Heatmap ](https://apexcharts.com/javascript-chart-demos/heatmap-charts/)

   - [Plotly - heatmap](https://plotly.com/javascript/heatmaps/)

   - [j3.js - Sankey Diagram](https://d3-graph-gallery.com/sankey.html)

   - [Google Chart - Sankey Diagram ](https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/gallery/sankey)



### ArcGIS Pro

 - [Generate Origin-Destination Links (Analysis)](https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/analysis/generate-origin-destination-links.htm) 

 - [Distributive Flow Map GP Sample](https://geoxc.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=46a5ce17daa146e29aa60bc3535d3833) 

 - [Network Analysis Tools](https://support.esri.com/en-us/knowledge-base/deprecation-network-analysis-tools-in-the-ready-to-use-000027444)

 - [Distributive Flow Lines GP Tool](https://hub.arcgis.com/content/04fa6ed8746b451892f339011aaf989d/about)

 - [World Traffic Service](https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=ff11eb5b930b4fabba15c47feb130de4)



### QGIS 

 - [No plugins](https://plugins.qgis.org/planet/tag/flows/) 

 - [MMQIS](https://michaelminn.com/linux/mmqgis/) 

 - [Edge Bundling](https://github.com/ait-energy/qgis-edge-bundling) 

 - [FlowMapper](https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/FlowMapper/) - Generates flow lines between discreet nodes for visualising spatial interaction data (e.g. migration, trips).



### [Tableau](https://community.tableau.com/s/news/a0A4T000001v7UCUAY/origindestination-maps-or-flow-maps) 



### [Four Square]( https://location.foursquare.com/studio/docs/use-cases-origin-destination-analysis)



### [Kepler GL](https://github.com/keplergl/kepler.gl)



### [MatSim](https://matsim.org/)



### [PowerBI](https://www.sqlshack.com/flow-map-chart-in-power-bi-desktop/)



### [FlowMapper](https://flowmapper.org/ )



### [V-Analytics](http://geoanalytics.net/V-Analytics/)



### [HERE maps](https://www.here.com/docs/bundle/traffic-api-developer-guide-v6-china/page/topics_v6.1/example-flow.html)



### Curved OD Matrix map

 - Most GIS Software

   

### Raw OD matrix map

 - Any GIS Software



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## Papers



### OD General flow visualization design criteria 

 - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13658816.2023.2234001 

 - https://berniejenny.info/pdf/2017_Jenny_etal_DesignPrinciplesForODFlowMaps.pdf



### OD General flow visualization techniques (aggregation)

 - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1473871617738122

 - https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/8/11/477

 - https://findingspress.org/article/33873-jittering-a-computationally-efficient-method-for-generating-realistic-route-networks-from-origin-destination-data 

 - https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008588 

 - https://vis.cs.ucdavis.edu/vis2014papers/TVCG/papers/2043_20tvcg12-guo-2346271.pdf

 - https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/537/

 - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8440039?denied= 

 - https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2106/2106.05436.pdf

 - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7539669



### OD General flow visualization techniques (regular)

 - https://etrr.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s12544-022-00562-1 

 - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17445647.2021.1996479\ [flowmapper]

 - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/17445647.2017.1313788

 - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12469-020-00259-5 

 - https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4893/13/11/298