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INFOVIS
2005
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Voronoi Treemaps
Treemaps are a well-known method for the visualization of attributed hierarchical data. Previously proposed Treemap layout algorithms are limited to rectangular shapes, which caus...
Michael Balzer, Oliver Deussen
IJWBC
2006
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13 years 7 months ago
Influence of spatial ability in navigation: using look-ahead breadcrumbs on The Web
: Spatial implications of the commonly used `navigation' metaphor have lead many researchers to investigate the relation between individual differences and navigation. This st...
Ishtiaq Ahmed, James Blustein
JODL
2006
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13 years 7 months ago
Appearance and functionality of electronic books
We present the results and the lessons learned from two separate and independent studies into the design, development, and evaluation of electronic books for information access: th...
Fabio Crestani, Monica Landoni, Massimo Melucci
IV
2008
IEEE
140views Visualization» more  IV 2008»
14 years 2 months ago
Creating Local Geographies for Map-Based Cyber Navigation
Although Internet and WWW phenomena are often described using spatial metaphors, the commonest means of geographic orientation - the map - is little used in online navigation. Map...
Sabine Cikic, Sabina Jeschke, Fritz Lehmann-Grube
COSIT
2003
Springer
94views GIS» more  COSIT 2003»
14 years 25 days ago
Testing the First Law of Cognitive Geography on Point-Display Spatializations
Abstract. Spatializations are computer visualizations in which nonspatial information is depicted spatially. Spatializations of large databases commonly use distance as a metaphor ...
Daniel R. Montello, Sara Irina Fabrikant, Marco Ru...