@article{elmqvist2010melange,
author = {Elmqvist, Niklas and Riche, Yann and Henry Riche, Nathalie},
title = {Melange: Space Folding for Visual Exploration},
year = {2010},
month = {May},
abstract = {Navigating in large geometric spaces—such as maps, social networks, or long documents—typically require a sequence of pan and zoom actions. However, this strategy is often ineffective and cumbersome, especially when trying to study and compare several distant objects. We propose a new distortion technique that folds the intervening space to guarantee visibility of multiple focus regions. The folds themselves show contextual information and support unfolding and paging interactions. We conducted a study comparing the space-folding technique to existing approaches, and found that participants performed significantly better with the new technique. We also describe how to implement this distortion technique, and give an in-depth case study on how to apply it to the visualization of large-scale 1D time-series data.},
publisher = {IEEE},
url = {http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/research/publication/melange-space-folding-visual-exploration/},
pages = {468-483},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics},
}