Arc length-based aspect ratio selection

© 2011 IEEE

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics. - 1998. - 17(2011), 12 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 2276-82
1. Verfasser: Talbot, Justin (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Gerth, John, Hanrahan, Pat
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2011
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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Zusammenfassung:© 2011 IEEE
The aspect ratio of a plot has a dramatic impact on our ability to perceive trends and patterns in the data. Previous approaches for automatically selecting the aspect ratio have been based on adjusting the orientations or angles of the line segments in the plot. In contrast, we recommend a simple, effective method for selecting the aspect ratio: minimize the arc length of the data curve while keeping the area of the plot constant. The approach is parameterization invariant, robust to a wide range of inputs, preserves visual symmetries in the data, and is a compromise between previously proposed techniques. Further, we demonstrate that it can be effectively used to select the aspect ratio of contour plots. We believe arc length should become the default aspect ratio selection method
Beschreibung:Date Completed 24.02.2012
Date Revised 24.04.2012
published: Print
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1941-0506
DOI:10.1109/TVCG.2011.167