Cushion treemaps: visualization of hierarchical information

Jarke J. van Wijk; Huub van de Wetering

doi:10.1109/INFVIS.1999.801860

Cushion treemaps: visualization of hierarchical information

Jarke J. van Wijk, Huub van de Wetering

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Abstract

A new method is presented for the visualization of hierarchical information, such as directory structures and organization structures. Cushion treemaps inherit the elegance of standard treemaps: compact, space-filling displays of hierarchical information, based on recursive subdivision of a rectangular image space. Intuitive shading is used to provide insight in the hierarchical structure. During the subdivision ridges are added per rectangle, which are rendered with a simple shading model. The result is a surface that consists of recursive cushions. The method is efficient, effective, easy to use and implement, and has a wide applicability.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings 1999 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis'99, San Francisco CA, USA, October 24-29, 1999)
Place of Publication	Los Alamitos, CA, USA
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	73-78
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	0-7695-0433-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/INFVIS.1999.801860
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 1999
Event	1999 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVIS'99) - San Francisco, CA, USA Duration: 24 Oct 1999 → 29 Oct 1999

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Conference	1999 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVIS'99)
City	San Francisco, CA, USA
Period	24/10/99 → 29/10/99

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van Wijk, JJ & van de Wetering, H 1999, Cushion treemaps: visualization of hierarchical information. in Proceedings 1999 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis'99, San Francisco CA, USA, October 24-29, 1999). IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 73-78, 1999 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVIS'99), San Francisco, CA, USA, 24/10/99. https://doi.org/10.1109/INFVIS.1999.801860

Cushion treemaps: visualization of hierarchical information. / van Wijk, Jarke J.; van de Wetering, Huub.
Proceedings 1999 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis'99, San Francisco CA, USA, October 24-29, 1999). Los Alamitos, CA, USA: IEEE Computer Society, 1999. p. 73-78.

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