3D Displays of Internet Traffic
Kenneth C. Cox, Stephen G. Eick · 1995
The explosive growth in world-wide cornmunications, especially the Internet, bus highlighted the need for techniques to visualize network trafic. The traditional node and link network displays work well for small datasets but become visually cluttered and uninterpretable for large datasets. A natural 30 metaphor for displaying world-wide network data is to position the nodes on IL globe and draw arcs between th,em coding the trafic. This technique has several advantages of over the traditional 20 displays: it naturally reduces line crossing clutter, provides an intuitive model for navigation and indication of time, and retains the geographic context. Coupling these strengths with some novel interaction techniques involving the globe surface translucency and arc heights illustrates the usefulness for this class of displays.