In this paper we describe a visualization system for enabling location-based navigation of a social blog network. Our visualization has three parts: a map, tabular, and matrix display, to facilitate several selected user tasks. We use coordinated visualizations with an interface based on the principles of overview, zoom and filter, and details-on-demand to enable users to explore the information in a flexible way. In addition, we suggest future directions for extending our prototype visualization into more general functionality.
Kenny Weiss
Sandro Fouché
Susan Campbell
This is our final project for Dr. Shneiderman's Spring 2005 Information VIsualization class, CMSC 838S.
Here is our final paper submission. The paper describes our tool and gives a description of the theory and rationale behind this project. It also describes tasks which would be facilitated with the use of our tool.
Our demo will go here for downloading. It will require a recent version of Java, and will look most attractive on a Macintosh running OS X.
Here is a Java .jar file, which requires Java 1.4.2.
Here is a Macintosh application, which requires OS X 10.3.
Here are the slides from our presentation given in class May 13, 2005.
Contact: susanc at umd dot edu
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