Daniel Limberger, Carolin Fiedler, Sebastian Hahn, Matthias Trapp, and Jürgen Döllner
Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Visualization, 2016
Abstract • BibTeX • DOI • Paper
Treemaps serve as generic, effective tools to display, explore, and analyze multi-variate tree data in a scalable, interactive, and consistent way. In this paper, we discuss and evaluate sketchiness as visual variable of 2.5D treemaps. Sketchy rendering techniques allow us to map data, e.g., about uncertainty, imprecision, or vagueness, independently from mappings to other visual variables such as size, color, and height. To this end, we present a design space for sketchy rendering for 2.5D treemaps and corresponding implementation of a real-time sketchy rendering technique. The results of three user studies carried out indicate that sketchiness is a promising candidate for an independent visual variable for 2.5D treemaps, in particular to map ordinal data with a small range such as data that qualifies map items, it shows no strong interference with other visual variables such as color and height due to the regular gestalt of blocks and, hence, allows us to extend the expressiveness of 2.5D treemaps.
@inproceedings{lfhtd2016-sketchiness-treemaps,
author = {Limberger, Daniel and Fiedler, Carolin and Hahn, Sebastian and Trapp, Matthias and D{\"{o}}llner, J{\"{u}}rgen},
title = {Evaluation of Sketchiness as a Visual Variable for 2.5D Treemaps},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Visualisation (IV)},
year = {2016},
pages = {183-189},
doi = {10.1109/IV.2016.61},
month = {July},
organization = {IEEE},
}
Carolin Fiedler
Master’s Thesis in IT-Systems Engineering, 2018
Information visualisation research focuses on the design and implementation of new visualisation tools and techniques. A necessary component of this research is the evaluation of a newly developed or adjusted visualisation technique. Inevitable issues are suitable application areas as well as strengths and weaknesses of the visualisation related to specific tasks and different kind of data. To identify causations researchers have to conduct controlled experiments that lead to generalised research statements. Unfortunately, design-based errors occur often. Errors which are based on the design of the study prevent researchers to derive a generalised statement or lead to erroneously accepted generalised statements. This thesis provides a framework that supports visualisation researchers in the preparation of informative and robust controlled experiments. The framework focuses on a design-centred approach to promote the most common cause of fault—the selection of independent variables. The development of the framework is based on an analysis of experiment-related literature and almost 60 previous experiments. Three derived theoretical models on controlled experiments lead to a software model which is realised in a preliminary implementation. Finally, the framework is evaluated utilising requirements identified during the analysis. Using the framework, a comprehensive configuration file format allows the declaration of complete experiments in one single file, which allows automated preparation and execution of the study. The implementation of a representative experiment accompanies the reader through each chapter, putting the respective results into practice.
Carolin Fiedler
Bachelor’s Thesis in IT-Systems Engineering, 2014
Abstract • Bachelor’s Thesis [de]
3D-Punktwolken sind riesige ungeordnete Punktdatenmengen, die aus terrestrischen oder luftgestützten Scans generiert werden. So entstehen diskrete Oberflächenstrukturen, die mit weiteren Attributen wie Farbe angereichert werden können. Die echtzeitfähige Visualisierung dieser massiven Daten benötigt Out-of-Core-Verfahren und geeignete Renderingtechniken. Neben der interaktiven Visualisierung und Exploration von 3D-Punktwolken in einer Szene können andere Visualisierungstechniken die Arbeit mit 3D-Punktwolken erleichtern. Diese Arbeit stellt hierfür zwei Visualisierungstechniken für die Analyse und Interpretation der Daten vor: Bei der Betrachtung von Stadtgebieten oder ganzen Städten kann der Nutzer schnell die Übersicht verlieren. Für die verbesserte Orientierung wird die Integration einer Minimap in eine bestehende Visualisierungskomponente für 3D-Punktwolken mithilfe von OpenStreetMap vorgestellt. Für eine exakte Interpretation kann es jedoch nützlich sein, Bereiche der 3DPunktwolke in weiteren Ansichten als innerhalb einer gerenderten Szene zu visualisieren. Die hierfür entwickelte Technik ist die Erstellung von Profilansichten durch Querschnittsbildung. Der Nutzer erhält die Möglichkeit, mehrere Schnitte festzulegen, die anschließend in einer einheitlichen Darstellung visualisiert werden. Durch die Reduktion der Verdeckung kann der bestehende Platz besser für die Visualisierung relevanter Daten genutzt werden.
A framework which enables its users to create, prepare and conduct controlled experiments for visualisation software based on a single JSON file.
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Development of an out-of-core data format for huge 3D point clouds as well as processing procedures and tools for the interpretation of such point clouds.
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