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1995 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis '95)
The information mural: a technique for displaying and navigating large information spaces
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
October 30-October 31
ISBN: 0-8186-7201-3
D.F. Jerding, Coll. of Comput., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
J.T. Stasko, Coll. of Comput., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Visualizations which depict entire information spaces provide context for navigation and browsing tasks; however, the limited size of the display screen makes creating effective global views difficult. We have developed a technique for displaying and navigating large information spaces. The key concept is the use of an information mural, a two-dimensional reduced representation of an entire information space that fits completely within a display window or screen. Information murals use grayscale shading and color along with anti-aliasing techniques to create a miniature version of the entire data set. By incorporating navigational capabilities, information murals become a tool that can be used as a global view along with more detailed informational displays. Information murals are utilized in our software visualization research to help depict the execution of object-oriented programs, and can also be used in more general information visualization applications.
Index Terms:
data visualisation; colour graphics; user interfaces; antialiasing; visual programming; object-oriented programming; information mural; large information spaces; information display; information navigation; data visualization; browsing; display screen; global views; grayscale shading; color graphics; antialiasing techniques; software visualization; object-oriented programs
Citation:
D.F. Jerding, J.T. Stasko, "The information mural: a technique for displaying and navigating large information spaces," ieee_infovis, pp.43, 1995 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis '95), 1995
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