The perspective wall: detail and context smoothly integrated
CHI '91 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Cone Trees: animated 3D visualizations of hierarchical information
CHI '91 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
XML Topic Maps: Creating and Using Topic Maps for the Web
XML Topic Maps: Creating and Using Topic Maps for the Web
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
Towards rich information landscapes for visualising structured Web spaces
INFOVIS '96 Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (INFOVIS '96)
H3: laying out large directed graphs in 3D hyperbolic space
INFOVIS '97 Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis '97)
INFOVIS '00 Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Information Vizualization 2000
InterRing: a visual interface for navigating and manipulating hierarchies
Information Visualization
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We present the i-Disc, a tool to interactively visualize and explore medium sized topic maps. Topic maps contain two basic structures: the topic hierarchy and the associations between topics. Our system presents the topic hierarchy in a radial planar layout by encoding different hierarchy levels as separate rings. Associations are displayed on demand as three-dimensional arcs across the topic landscape. By separating these two topic map structures into different spatial dimensions, we untangle the often complex topic map graph. A perspective rendering of our layout generates a natural focus and context display. Our elementary circular design allows quick perception of the overall topic map structure while interactive navigation and exploration provide access to details on demand. The tool is implemented as a client-server application and integrates seamlessly into existing web based environments.