Type of interactions

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Static

Static images, such as a print or a static image on a display screen. In such a images there is no interaction with the user.

Manipulable

Are visualizations where users can manipulate how the representation is rendered, such as zooming or filtering.

Some known techniques are:

• Scrolling
• Overview plus detail
• Focus plus context

Some examples are:

• Space tree
• Cone trees
• Treemap
• Hyperbolic browser
• Table lens
• Spiral calendar
• Excentric labels

Transformable

Are visualizations where users may control parameters during the process of image generation, i.e. restricting the view to certain data ranges. These changes dynamically influence the image generated.

Some known techniques are:

• Dynamic queries
• Magic lenses into queries
• Sliders

Some examples are:

• Spotfire
• Attribute explorer

• http://www.gapminder.org/ - is a web site which provides several graphical representations that visualise human development data. Users can select some attributes, such as the year, to see how the data changes along the years. Another version in in: http://tools.google.com/gapminder/

• http://www.destatis.de/basis/d/bevoe/src/poppyrger_v1w1.svg - A dynamic animation produced by the German Federal Statistics Bureau that illustrates how the age of people has changed from 1950 and how it will be in 2050.