The spatial-perceptual design space: a new comprehension for data visualization

  • Authors:
  • José Fernando Rodrigues, Jr.;Agma J. M. Traina;Maria Cristina F. de Oliveira;Caetano Traina, Jr.

  • Affiliations:
  • Departamento de Computação, Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil;Departamento de Computação, Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil;Departamento de Computação, Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil;Departamento de Computação, Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil

  • Venue:
  • Information Visualization
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

We revisit the design space of visualizations aiming at identifying and relating its components. In this sense, we establish a model to examine the process through which visualizations become expressive for users. This model has lead us to a taxonomy oriented to the human visual perception. The essence of this taxonomy provides natural criteria in order to delineate a novel understanding for the design space of visualizations. From such understanding, we elaborate a model for generalized design. The model poses an intuitive comprehension for the visualization design space departing from fundamental pre-attentive stimuli and from perceptual phenomena. The paper is presented as a survey, its structure introduces an alternative conceptual organization for the space of techniques concerning visual analysis.