Abstract
Most commercial visualization tools support an easy and quick creation of conventional time-oriented visualizations such as line charts, but customization
is limited. In contrast, some academic visualization tools and programming languages support the creation of some customizable time-oriented visualizations but it is time consuming and hard. To combine efficiency, the effort
required to develop a visualization, and customizability, the ability to tailor a visualization, we developed time-oriented building blocks that address the specifics of time (e.g. linear vs. cyclic or point-based vs. interval-based) and consist of inner customizable parts (e.g. ticks). A combination of the time-oriented and other primitive graphical building blocks allowed the creation of several customizable advanced time-oriented visualizations. The appearance and behavior of the blocks are specified using spreadsheet-like formulas. We compared our approach with other popular visualization tools. Evaluation showed that our approach rates well in customizability.
is limited. In contrast, some academic visualization tools and programming languages support the creation of some customizable time-oriented visualizations but it is time consuming and hard. To combine efficiency, the effort
required to develop a visualization, and customizability, the ability to tailor a visualization, we developed time-oriented building blocks that address the specifics of time (e.g. linear vs. cyclic or point-based vs. interval-based) and consist of inner customizable parts (e.g. ticks). A combination of the time-oriented and other primitive graphical building blocks allowed the creation of several customizable advanced time-oriented visualizations. The appearance and behavior of the blocks are specified using spreadsheet-like formulas. We compared our approach with other popular visualization tools. Evaluation showed that our approach rates well in customizability.
| Original language | English |
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| Book series | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
| Volume | 7432 |
| ISSN | 0302-9743 |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2012 |
| Event | 8th International Symposium on Visual Computing - Rethymnon, Greece Duration: 16 Jul 2012 → 18 Jul 2012 http://www.isvc.net/12/ |
Conference
| Conference | 8th International Symposium on Visual Computing |
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| Country/Territory | Greece |
| City | Rethymnon |
| Period | 16/07/2012 → 18/07/2012 |
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Keywords
- time-oriented visualizations
- customization
- building blocks
- graphical primitives
- spreadsheet-like formulas