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Critical Design and Realization Aspects of Glyph-based 3D Data Visualization

A. E. Lie, J. Kehrer, and H. Hauser

Abstract

Glyphs are useful for the effective visualization of multi-variate data. They allow for easily relating multiple data attributes to each other in a coherent visualization approach. While the basic principle of glyph-based visualization has been known for a long time, scientific interest has recently increased focus on the question of how to achieve a clever and successful glyph design. Along this newer trend, we present a structured discussion of several critical design aspects of glyph-based visualization with a special focus on 3D data. For three consecutive steps of data mapping, glyph instantiation, and rendering, we identify a number of design considerations. We illustrate our discussion with a new glyph-based visualization of time-dependent 3D simulation data and demonstrate how effective results are achieved.

A. E. Lie, J. Kehrer, and H. Hauser, "Critical Design and Realization Aspects of Glyph-based 3D Data Visualization," in Proceedings of the Spring Conference on Computer Graphics (SCCG 2009), 2009, p. 27–34.
[BibTeX]

Glyphs are useful for the effective visualization of multi-variate data. They allow for easily relating multiple data attributes to each other in a coherent visualization approach. While the basic principle of glyph-based visualization has been known for a long time, scientific interest has recently increased focus on the question of how to achieve a clever and successful glyph design. Along this newer trend, we present a structured discussion of several critical design aspects of glyph-based visualization with a special focus on 3D data. For three consecutive steps of data mapping, glyph instantiation, and rendering, we identify a number of design considerations. We illustrate our discussion with a new glyph-based visualization of time-dependent 3D simulation data and demonstrate how effective results are achieved.
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pages = "27--34",
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