# WebPlotDigitizer **URL:** \ **Category:** Math, stat, computer, software\ **Tags:** replicability\ **Created:** [February 22, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/webplotdigitizer/1228 "2021-02-22T14:37:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gavin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/439d5e/32.png) [@Gavin](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/Gavin)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/webplotdigitizer/1228/1 "2021-02-22T14:37:02Z")
[https://automeris.io/WebPlotDigitizer/](https://automeris.io/WebPlotDigitizer/) I came across this handy tool for digitizing plots recently and found it very useful. It has enough automation to save a lot of time, but enough interactivity to correct mistakes easily. It’s not really a replicability focused tool, but it’s certainly useful for digitizing values from plots in papers that don’t provide raw data- ---
**Author:** ![btrettel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@btrettel](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/btrettel)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/webplotdigitizer/1228/2 "2021-02-23T22:57:29Z")
These types of programs are great. I’m partial to this one: [https://github.com/pn2200/g3data](https://github.com/pn2200/g3data) I used g3data extensively during my PhD and have continued using it afterwards. You can see a significant fraction of the data I’ve transcribed here: [https://github.com/btrettel/pipe-jet-breakup-data/tree/master/data](https://github.com/btrettel/pipe-jet-breakup-data/tree/master/data) I think sharing transcribed data should be a bigger part of open science. Transcribing the data takes a lot of time so it would be best to minimize duplicate work if possible. I also note in README files if I noticed any issues with the data, though this could also be done on post-publication peer review websites like PubPeer. Putting the notice with the data is more convenient, I think, however. And if the problem I noticed prompted me to modify the data, that definitely is worth noting with the data. (I imagine that some people have a different philosophy where the data as published itself is an artifact that should not be changed, but I don’t share that philosophy.) Also, if you want extra precision or find your hand shaking too much, look for a setting or program to do “mouse emulation”. This’ll allow you to move your cursor one pixel at a time with the keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![mkcor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/onscienceandacademia.org/mkcor/32/540_2.png) [@mkcor](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/mkcor)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 7:46am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/webplotdigitizer/1228/3 "2021-02-24T07:46:43Z")
Yay! Brings back memories… like 2014 😌 [Plotly Blog - Automatically Grab Data From an Image with...](https://blog.plotly.com/post/70293893434/automatically-grab-data-from-an-image-with) ---
**Author:** ![Gavin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/439d5e/32.png) [@Gavin](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/Gavin)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/webplotdigitizer/1228/4 "2021-02-24T19:45:48Z")
> [@btrettel](#): > > You can see a significant fraction of the data I’ve transcribed here: [https://github.com/btrettel/pipe-jet-breakup-data/tree/master/data](https://github.com/btrettel/pipe-jet-breakup-data/tree/master/data) Wow, that’s a lot of papers you’ve transcribed data from! > [@btrettel](#): > > I think sharing transcribed data should be a bigger part of open science. Transcribing the data takes a lot of time so it would be best to minimize duplicate work if possible. This is a good point, and I don’t think I’ve ever heard anybody mention it before. I had planned to include the transcribed data in a supplement for what I publish, but this makes me think it would be better to put it in a separate place/repository and link to that from my paper. It seems like it would also be useful to put a link to the data in a comment PubPeer for the original publication, to make it more visible. Do you do that for the datasets you have on Github? ---
**Author:** ![btrettel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@btrettel](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/btrettel)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/webplotdigitizer/1228/5 "2021-03-06T18:22:12Z")
I haven’t put any comments on PubPeer for the data I’ve transcribed, but that’s a good idea. I’ve added this to my PubPeer to-do list, which I keep in my reference manager.