Positioning Map: a Visual Technique to Improve the Layout of Diagram Contextual Information

Authors

  • Nicolas Genon
  • Raimundas Matulevicius
  • Vincent Englebert
  • Patrick Heymans

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14279/tuj.eceasst.13.169

Abstract

The presentation of information is a difficult activity. It requires to deal with model complexity, characterised among other things by the number of visual elements per diagram. In this position paper, we propose a positioning map constructed by combining the navigation and locator maps – two techniques resulting from the theoretical principles of effective communication. We believe that the positioning map is a better means than navigation and locator maps together to decompose models and to integrate their information cognitively. However, we still need to validate our proposal through empirical studies.

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Published

2008-09-12

How to Cite

[1]
N. Genon, R. Matulevicius, V. Englebert, and P. Heymans, “Positioning Map: a Visual Technique to Improve the Layout of Diagram Contextual Information”, eceasst, vol. 13, Sep. 2008.