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{{Definition|The basic idea with '''focus–plus–context'''–visualizations is to enable viewers to see the object of primary interest presented in full detail while at the same time getting a overview–impression of all the ''sorrounding'' information — or ''context'' — available.}}
{{Definition|The basic idea with '''focus–plus–context'''–visualizations is to enable viewers to see the object of primary interest presented in full detail while at the same time getting a overview–impression of all the ''sorrounding'' information — or ''context'' — available.}}
Focus–plus–context–systems therefore allow to have the information of interest in the foreground and all the remaining information in the background simultaneously visible — ''Seeing the trees without missing the forest.''
Focus–plus–context–systems therefore allow to have the information of interest in the foreground and all the remaining information in the background simultaneously visible — ''Seeing the trees without missing the forest.''



Revision as of 13:57, 19 May 2005

The basic idea with focus–plus–context–visualizations is to enable viewers to see the object of primary interest presented in full detail while at the same time getting a overview–impression of all the sorrounding information — or context — available.

Focus–plus–context–systems therefore allow to have the information of interest in the foreground and all the remaining information in the background simultaneously visible — Seeing the trees without missing the forest.

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