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[[Image:PtolemyWorldMap.jpg|thumb|The {{w|Ptolemy world map}}, reconstituted from Ptolemy's ''Geographia'' (circa 150), indicating the countries of "[[:w:Seres|Serica]]" and "Sinae" ([[China]]) at the extreme right, beyond the island of "Taprobane" ([[Sri Lanka]], oversized) and the "Aurea Chersonesus" ([[:w:Southeast Asia|Southeast Asian peninsula]]).]]

'''[[:w:Visualization (computer graphics)|Visualization]]''' or '''visualisation''' is the process of forming a [[mental image]] of something, envisioning something that is not present or is not tangible as if it were. It also refers to any technique for creating [[w:Visualization|graphical representations]] to communicate information.