Multidimensional information visualization through sliding rods

Authors:
Tom Lanning;Kent Wittenburg;Michael Heinrichs;Christina Fyock;Glenn Li
Affiliations:
GTE Laboratories Incorporated, 40 Sylvan Rd., Waltham, MA;GTE Laboratories Incorporated, 40 Sylvan Rd., Waltham, MA;GTE Laboratories Incorporated, 40 Sylvan Rd., Waltham, MA;GTE Laboratories Incorporated, 40 Sylvan Rd., Waltham, MA;GTE Laboratories Incorporated, 40 Sylvan Rd., Waltham, MA
Venue:
AVI '00 Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces
Year:
2000

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Abstract

In this paper we propose new visual interface technology to address multidimensional data exploration and browsing tasks. MultiNav, a prototype from GTE Laboratories, is based upon a multidimensional information model that affords new data exploration and semantically structured browsing interactions. The primary visual metaphor is based on sliding rods, each of which is associated with an information dimension from the underlying model. Users can interactively select value ranges along the rods in order to reveal hidden relationships as well as query and restrict the set through direct manipulation. A novel focus+context view is afforded in which detail about individual items is revealed within the context of the global multidimensional attribute space. We propose a novel interaction technique to change focus, which is based on dragging rods from side to side. We relate this work on multidimensional information visualization to other research in the area, including Parallel Coordinates, Dynamic Histograms, Dynamic Queries, and focus+context tables.*.