The Starlight system, from Future Point Systems, comprised of the Starlight Server, Starlight Client, and Starlight XML Engineering Environment (XEE), enables users to comprehend information and solve problems by generating pictures of relationships among items in large data repositories. Containing multiple integrated visualization tools, the system can integrate text documents, database records, Web pages, geospatial data, video and photos, and other types of information to create awareness in situations of high complexity or uncertainty.