Christian Tominski
Institute for Computer Science, University of Rostock, Germany
Heidrun Schumann
Institute for Computer Science, University of Rostock, Germany
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Published in: SIGRAD 2008. The Annual SIGRAD Conference Special Theme: Interaction; November 27-28; 2008 Stockholm; Sweden
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 34:13, p. 53-56
Published: 2008-11-27
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ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)
Spiral displays have been developed to visualize the cyclic character of a data set. They are particularly useful for spotting seasonal patterns in time series data. This; however; requires expressive visual encoding and efficient interaction.
In this paper; we improve existing spiral displays by applying the expressive two-tone pseudo coloring. This allows users to read off data values more precisely. More importantly; we enhance our twotone spiral display with efficient interaction facilities. These allow for easy exploration of the data space and easy adjustment of a variety of visualization parameters. Our tool is fully implemented and freely available for experimentation.
CR Categories: H.5.2 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: User Interfaces—Graphical User Interfaces; Interaction Styles; I.3.6 [Computer Graphics]: Methodology and Techniques— Interaction Techniques
