SRC Research Report 084a
SRC Research Report 084aA 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 hierarchical or structured information about the graph to affect the view. Our general transformation is a fundamental extension to previous research in fisheye views.
A videotape (84b) accompanies report 84a:
In SRC Research Report #84 also entitled "Graphical Fisheye Views of Graphs" by Manojit Sarkar and Marc H. Brown, a system for viewing and browsing graphs using a software fisheye lens was described. Such a lens shows nearby objects large and with detail, while shrinking distant objects. It is a valuable tool for seeing both "local detail" and "global context" simultaneously. This videotape shows the system in action.
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