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{{Definition|'''Visual mapping''' is projecting complex or abstract data in a meaningful way, assigning each data–attribute a specific visual charaktersitika that stipulates associations by common sense.}}
[[Image:Turner05usenet.gif|right|thumb|200px|Visual mapping of newsnet structure to a [[treemap]].<br>[Turner et al., 2005] ]]
{{Definition|'''Visual mapping''' is a mapping between data aspects and visual variables, i.e., assigning specific visual characteristics to data attributes in order to facilitate visual sense-making.}}


{{Quotation|Visual mapping is a term used to describe a technique that uses off-the-shelf graphics or flowcharting tools to capture knowledge about products, to communicate that knowledge, and to collaborate [...]|[Hutcheson et al, 2002]}}
[[Image:visualmapping.jpg|thumb|250px|Visual mapping]]
== References ==
*[Hutcheson et al, 2002]: Hutcheson, Tracy D., Frederick Fusilero, Humberto Gutierrez-Rivas and Kevin M. McBride, STC Proceedings, ''Visual Mapping: A Multidisciplinary Communication Technique'', 2002.


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Latest revision as of 09:00, 23 January 2008

Visual mapping of newsnet structure to a treemap.
[Turner et al., 2005]
Visual mapping is a mapping between data aspects and visual variables, i.e., assigning specific visual characteristics to data attributes in order to facilitate visual sense-making.
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