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A focus+context technique based on hyperbolic geometry for visualizing large hierarchies
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We present a new focus+context (fisheye) technique for visualizing and manipulating large hierarchies. Our technique assigns more display space to a portion of the hierarchy while still embedding it in the context of the entire hierarchy. The essence of this scheme is to lay out the hierarchy in a uniform way on a hyperbolic plane and map this plane onto a circular display region. This supports a smooth blending between focus and context, as well as continuous redirection of the focus. We have developed effective procedures for manipulating the focus using pointer clicks as well as interactive dragging, and for smoothly animating transitions across such manipulation. A laboratory experiment comparing the hyperbolic browser with a conventional hierarchy browser was conducted.
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- Authors
- Lamping, J., Rao, R., & Pirolli, P.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems - CHI '95
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- ACM Press
- Published
- 1995
- Pages
- 401-408
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- W2026506423
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- 40.82
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- conference paper
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- en
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