Abstract

A fisheye camera lens is a very wide angle lens that magnifies nearby objects while shrinking distant objects. It is a valuable tool for seeing both "local detail" and "global context" simultaneously. This paper describes a system for viewing and browsing graphs using a software analog of a fisheye lens. We first show how to implement such a view using solely geometric transformations. We then describe a more general transformation that allows global information about the graph to affect the view. Our general transformation is a fundamental extension to previous research in fisheye views. Categories and Subject Descriptors: D.2.2 [Software Engineering]: Tools and Techniques--User Interfaces H.5.2 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: User Interfaces--Interaction styles I.3.6 [Computer Graphics]: Methodology and Techniques--Interaction Techniques General Terms: Visualization Additional Key Words and Phrases: Fisheye Views, Graph Layout, Information Visualization, Interactive Gra...

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