Sankey Arcs - Visualizing edge weights in path graphs
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Presentation at EuroVis 2012, Vienna, Austria. Find our paper at http://tillnagel.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Nagel-SankeyArcs-EuroVis11.pdf Arc diagrams allow exploring relations and their strength between sequential nodes. Previous solutions suffer from displaying all arcs at the center of a node, which can lead to visual obstruction. We present a new technique, which extends the arc diagram technique by laying out the weighted edges of a node adjacent to each other. The aim of our Sankey Arc technique is to improve clarity, to enable users perceiving and comparing weighted edges in path graphs. The technique is illustrated using a dataset on travel paths in a public transit network.
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- 1. Sankey Arcs – Visualizing edge weights in path graphs Till Nagel, Erik Duval, Andrew Vande Moere, Kristian Kloeckl and Carlo Ratti
- 2. Arc diagrams
- 3. Arc diagrams
- 4. Arc diagrams
- 5. Wattenberg, 2002 Steinweber and Koller, 2007 Heer et al, 2010 Kerr, 2003 Dörk et al, 2011 Wattenberg, 2006
- 6. Design goals • Display node strength independent of edge distribution • Enable comparison of in-weight and out- weight • Emphasize total weight of a node
- 7. Spreading out imposts Classic Arcs Sankey Arcs
- 8. Algorithm Classic arc diagram Spread out arc bases Reordered head and tail positions
- 9. Color coding for direction
- 10. Color coding for direction
- 11. Limitations • Consumes more space • Arc height does not always encode distance
- 12. Arc height does not always encode distance
- 14. Consumes more space Solution a) Adapt node positioning Equi-distant nodes Equi-sized gaps
- 15. Consumes more space Solution b) Modify visual encoding
- 16. Scalability Heer et al, 2010 Showing character relationships of the novel Les Misérables.
- 17. Scalability Reproduction Removed color (encoded character groups). Fixed edge width. Improved label display.
- 18. Sankey Arcs: Repositioned nodes
- 19. Sankey Arcs: Adjusted visual mapping
- 20. Case study: Public transit rides
- 26. Sankey Arcs • Display edge weights in path graph • Have less visual obstruction by spreading out arcs • Allow comparing strength, and in- and out- weights of nodes
- 27. Thank you. Questions? Sankey Arcs, EuroVis 2012 Till Nagel, FH Potsdam, 06/2012 nagel@fh-potsdam.de – twitter: @tillnm