Ok, but what if the user need a kind of visualization, very specific, that does not exist in Many Eyes? The project Amithings "An Overview of Amithings" proposes a similar solution: different views for the information. Users an companies can create their own views.
Amithings will do all of this and much more. Views can gather, transform and present information, not only on the screen, but for download too. Users and companies creates their own Views. Read the article "An overview of Amithings".