2005 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis 2005)
Two-Tone Pseudo Coloring: Compact Visualization for One-Dimensional Data
Minneapolis, MN USA
October 23-October 25
ISBN: 0-7803-9464-x
Hiroki Saito, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Yuka Hoshiya, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
A new pseudo coloring technique for large-scale one-dimensional datasets is proposed. For visualization of a large-scale dataset, user interaction is indispensable for selecting focus areas in the dataset. However, excessive switching of the visualized image makes it dif- ficult for the user to recognize overview/detail and detail/detail relationships. The goal of this research is to develop techniques for visualizing details as precisely as possible in overview display. In this paper, visualization of a one-dimensional but very large dataset is considered. The proposed method is based on pseudo coloring, however, each scalar value corresponds to two discrete colors. By painting with two colors at each value, users can read out the value precisely. This method has many advantages: it requires little image space for visualization; both the overview and details of the dataset are visible in one image without distortion; and implementation is very simple. Several application examples, such as meteorological observation data and train convenience evaluation data, show the effectiveness of the method.
Index Terms:
pseudo color, overview, detail, focus+context, data density
Citation:
Takafumi Saito, Hiroko Nakamura Miyamura, Mitsuyoshi Yamamoto, Hiroki Saito, Yuka Hoshiya, Takumi Kaseda, "Two-Tone Pseudo Coloring: Compact Visualization for One-Dimensional Data," ieee_infovis, pp.23, 2005 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis 2005), 2005