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The SunBurst technique is an alternative, space-filling visualization that uses a radial rather than a rectangular layout. In SunBurst, items in a hierarchy are laid out radially, with the top of the hierarchy at the center and deeper leves farther away from the center. The angle swept out by an item and its color correspond to some atttribute of the data. For instance, in a visualization of a file system, the angle may correspond to the file/directory size and the color may correspond to the file type. An example Sunburst display is shown below. | The SunBurst technique is an alternative, space-filling visualization that uses a radial rather than a rectangular layout. In SunBurst, items in a hierarchy are laid out radially, with the top of the hierarchy at the center and deeper leves farther away from the center. The angle swept out by an item and its color correspond to some atttribute of the data. For instance, in a visualization of a file system, the angle may correspond to the file/directory size and the color may correspond to the file type. An example Sunburst display is shown below. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
An Evaluation of Space-Filling Information Visualizations for Depicting Hierarchical Structures (IJHCS '00) | *An Evaluation of Space-Filling Information Visualizations for Depicting Hierarchical Structures (IJHCS '00) | ||
Focus+Context Display and Navigation Techniques for Enhancing Radial, Space-Filling Hierarchy Visualizations (InfoVis '00 | *Focus+Context Display and Navigation Techniques for Enhancing Radial, Space-Filling Hierarchy Visualizations (InfoVis '00) | ||
Latest revision as of 21:40, 9 May 2011
Short Description
The SunBurst technique is an alternative, space-filling visualization that uses a radial rather than a rectangular layout. In SunBurst, items in a hierarchy are laid out radially, with the top of the hierarchy at the center and deeper leves farther away from the center. The angle swept out by an item and its color correspond to some atttribute of the data. For instance, in a visualization of a file system, the angle may correspond to the file/directory size and the color may correspond to the file type. An example Sunburst display is shown below.
References
- An Evaluation of Space-Filling Information Visualizations for Depicting Hierarchical Structures (IJHCS '00)
- Focus+Context Display and Navigation Techniques for Enhancing Radial, Space-Filling Hierarchy Visualizations (InfoVis '00)