Name
Title | ||
|---|---|---|
A Generic Framework and Library for Exploration of Small Multiples through Interactive Piling |
Abstract | ||
|---|---|---|
Small multiples are miniature representations of visual information used generically across many domains. Handling large numbers of small multiples imposes challenges on many analytic tasks like inspection, comparison, navigation, or annotation. To address these challenges, we developed a framework and implemented a library called PILlNG.JS for designing interactive piling interfaces. Based on the piling metaphor, such interfaces afford flexible organization, exploration, and comparison of large numbers of small multiples by interactively aggregating visual objects into piles. Based on a systematic analysis of previous work, we present a structured design space to guide the design of visual piling interfaces. To enable designers to efficiently build their own visual piling interfaces, PILlNG.JS provides a declarative interface to avoid having to write low-level code and implements common aspects of the design space. An accompanying GUI additionally supports the dynamic configuration of the piling interface. We demonstrate the expressiveness of PILlNG.JS with examples from machine learning, immunofluorescence microscopy, genomics, and public health. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2021 | 10.1109/TVCG.2020.3028948 | IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics |
Keywords | DocType | Volume |
Information visualization,small multiples,interactive piling,visual aggregation,spatial organization | Journal | 27 |
Issue | ISSN | Citations |
2 | 1077-2626 | 0 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.34 | 23 | 6 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fritz Lekschas | 1 | 32 | 5.14 |
| Zhou Xinyi | 2 | 0 | 0.34 |
| Wei Chen | 3 | 1193 | 92.00 |
| Nils Gehlenborg | 4 | 363 | 36.48 |
| Benjamin Bach | 5 | 570 | 26.25 |
| Hanspeter Pfister | 6 | 5933 | 340.59 |