• DocumentCode
    1317314
  • Title

    Visualizing Graphs and Clusters as Maps

  • Author

    Gansner, E.R. ; Yifan Hu ; Kobourov, S.G.

  • Author_Institution
    AT&TLabs Res., Florham Park, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    54
  • Lastpage
    66
  • Abstract
    Information visualization is essential in making sense of large datasets. Often, high-dimensional data are visualized as a collection of points in 2D space through dimensionality reduction techniques. However, these traditional methods often don´t capture the underlying structural information, clustering, and neighborhoods well. GMap is a practical algorithmic framework for visualizing relational data with geographic-like maps. This approach is effective in various domains.
  • Keywords
    cartography; data reduction; data visualisation; GMap; dimensionality reduction techniques; geographic-like maps; high-dimensional data; information visualization; large datasets; structural information; visualizing graphs; Books; Clustering algorithms; Data visualization; Ethics; History; Sparks; Writing; clustering; computer graphics; graph coloring; graph drawing; graphics and multimedia; information visualization; maps; set visualization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0272-1716
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCG.2010.101
  • Filename
    5567116