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Paper Reading TimeOntheHorzon

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TLDR

This article contains my notes from the paper "Time on the Horizon: A New Visual Design for Time-Series Data". I'll discuss the problem statement, the evaluation criteria, the authors' approach, and the case study.

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Notes​

This paper presents an excellent visual design: Horizon graph. This design solves the problem that the aspect ratio of single dimension is too high when multiple single dimension flow graphs are displayed side by side.

Approach:

  1. Use a conspicuous ladder color split the value
  2. Positive and negative values share vertical space(1/2 height saved)
  3. Collapse the color bands (1/3 height saved)

total use 1/6 height of original