Lesson06

ISSS608 Visual Analytics and Applications

About

Weekly Session

Assignment

Visual Analytics Project

Course Resources

Readings

Core Readings

• Shneiderman, Ben (2008) Treemaps for space-constrained visualization of hierarchies (http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/treemap-history/)
• Extending the Utility of Treemaps with Flexible Hierarchy

Optional Reading

• Treemaps
• Discovering Business Intelligence Using Treemap Visualization
• 10 Lessons in Treemap Design
• Bederson, Benjamin B.; Shneiderman, Ben; Wattenberg, Martin (2002). "Ordered and quantum treemaps: Making effective use of 2D space to display hierarchies". ACM Transactions on Graphics. 21 (4): 833.
• Bruls, Mark; Huizing, Kees; van Wijk, Jarke J. (2000). "Squarified treemaps". In de Leeuw, W.; van Liere, R. Data Visualization 2000: Proc. Joint Eurographics and IEEE TCVG Symp. on Visualization
• US Economic Census Treemap
• TreeCovery: Coordinated dual treemap visualization for exploring the Recovery Act

Selected examples

• Juice's Stimulus Bill Explorer
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• Map of the Market
• The HIVE Group
• Truck Sales Slip, Tripping Up Chrysler
• Newsmap
• Obama’s 2011 Budget Proposal: How It’s Spent

All About R

• Treemap
• Creating a Treemap in R
• treemap: mapping to color palettes
• Simple Steps to Create Treemap in R
• treemapify: Draw Treemaps in 'ggplot2'
• Introduction to treemapify