In: Proceedings of AVI 2000, system paper.

Hierarchical Flip Zooming:
Enabling Parallel Exploration of Hierarchical Visualizations

Staffan Björk
PLAY: Applied research on art and technology
Interactive Institute, Box 620, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
bjork@viktoria.informatics.gu.se
http://www.playresearch.com/

Abstract

This paper describes hierarchical Flip Zooming, a focus+context visualization technique for hierarchical information sets. It allows for independent focus+context views at each node of the hierarchy and enables parallel exploration of different branches of the hierarchy. Visualization, navigation and interaction in the Flip Zooming technique is described as well as how the technique fits into existing models of information visualization. Examples of applications using the technique are given.

Keywords

Information Visualization, Focus+Context Visualization, Hierarchies, Flip Zooming

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