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From Tabular Data to Metaphoric Landscape Visualisation – A Template-based Approach
Farhan Mohamed,
Min Chen,
Phil W. Grant,
Philip Grant
Swansea University Author: Philip Grant
Abstract
This paper presents a template-based approach to the generation of metaphoric visualisation from tabular data.<br />This technique allows a coherent transformation between a relatively abstract visual representation (e.g., a<br />treemap) to a more expressive metaphor (e.g., a virtual at...
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2010
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http://diglib.eg.org/EG/DL/LocalChapterEvents/TPCG/TPCG10/175-182.pdf.abstract.pdf |
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5279 |
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This paper presents a template-based approach to the generation of metaphoric visualisation from tabular data.<br />This technique allows a coherent transformation between a relatively abstract visual representation (e.g., a<br />treemap) to a more expressive metaphor (e.g., a virtual atlas). It enables easy customisation of existing metaphors<br />by ordinary users and uncomplicated introduction of new metaphors by expert users. It provides automation in<br />much of the pipeline for creating a metaphoric visualisation, except aspects where crucial semantic input is necessary. The technique was realised in a software system, vis4me2. As a case study, the outcome of the latest UK<br />Research Assessment Exercise (RAE2008) was used to demonstrate the usability and effectiveness of this technique. |
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Faculty of Science and Engineering |