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VisGets: Coordinated Visualizations for Web-based Information Exploration and Discovery
November/December 2008 (vol. 14 no. 6)
pp. 1205-1212
In common Web-based search interfaces, it can be difficult to formulate queries that simultaneously combine temporal, spatial, and topical data filters. We investigate how coordinated visualizations can enhance search and exploration of information on the World Wide Web by easing the formulation of these types of queries. Drawing from visual information seeking and exploratory search, we introduce \emph{VisGets} -- interactive query visualizations of Web-based information that operate with online information within a Web browser. VisGets provide the information seeker with visual overviews of Web resources and offer a way to visually filter the data. Our goal is to facilitate the construction of dynamic search queries that combine filters from more than one data dimension. We present a prototype information exploration system featuring three linked VisGets (temporal, spatial, and topical), and used it to visually explore news items from online RSS feeds.
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Index Terms:
Index Terms—Information visualization, World Wide Web, information retrieval, exploratory search, visual information seeking.
Citation:
Marian Dörk, Sheelagh Carpendale, Christopher Collins, Carey Williamson, "VisGets: Coordinated Visualizations for Web-based Information Exploration and Discovery," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 1205-1212, Nov./Dec. 2008, doi:10.1109/TVCG.2008.175