Patterns of coordination in Improvise visualizations
Chris Weaver · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 2007
Visualization systems have evolved into live-design environments in which users explore information by constructing coordinated multiview visualizations rapidly and interactively. Although these systems provide built-in support for well-known coordinations, they do not allow invention of novel coordinations or customization of existing ones. This paper presents a categorization of 29 coordination patterns that have proven to be broadly useful for visual data analysis. By coupling coordination with visual abstraction, it has been possible to realize 27 of these patterns in Improvise, demonstrated here with five example visualizations.