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Information Visualization

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Author: Colin Ware

Perception for Design

Colin Ware,

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Information Visualization

Perception for Design

Colin Ware,

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Information Visualization is the major revision of a classic work on information visualization. This book explores the art and science of why we see objects the way we do. Based on the science of perception and vision, the author presents the key principles at work for a wide range of applications - resulting in visualization of improved clarity, utility, and persuasiveness. This is the first work to use the science of perception to help serious designers and analysts optimize understanding and perception of their data visualizations.

This unique and essential guide to human visual perception and related cognitive principles will enrich courses on information visualization and empower designers to see their way forward. Its updated review of empirical research and interface design examples will do much to accelerate innovation and adoption of information visualization. New to this edition are a new chapter on visual thinking, new sections on face perception and flow visualization, and a much-expanded chapter on color and color sequences.

This book will appeal to interaction designers; graphic designers of all kinds (including web designers); financial analysts; research scientists and engineers; data miners; and managers faced with information-intensive challenges.

*First work to use the science of perception to help serious designers and analysts optimize understanding and perception of their data visualizations.* Major revision of this classic work, with a new chapter on visual thinking, new sections on face perception and flow visualization, and a much expanded chapter on color and color sequences. *New to this edition is the full color treatment throughout, to better display over 400 illustrations.

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Information

Publisher

Morgan Kaufmann

Year

2004

ISBN

9780080478494

Edition

Topic

Informatique

Subtopic

Infographie

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Visualization 

facilitates 

hypothesis 

formation. 

For

example, 

the

visualization 

in

Figure 

1.1

was

directly 

responsible 

for

a

research 

paper 

concerning 

the

geological 

signiﬁcance 

of

the

pockmark 

features 

(Gray 

et

al., 

1997).

This 

ﬁrst 

chapter 

has

the

general 

goal 

of

deﬁning 

the

scope 

of

a

science 

of

visualization 

based

on

perceptual 

principles. 

Much 

of

it

is

devoted 

to

outlining 

the

intellectual 

basis 

of

the

endeavor

and

providing 

an

overview 

of

the

kinds 

of

experimental 

techniques 

appropriate 

to

visualization

research. 

In

the

latter 

half 

of

the

chapter, 

a

brief 

overview 

of

human 

visual 

processing 

is

intro-

duced 

to

provide 

a

kind 

of

road 

map

to

the

more 

detailed 

analysis 

of

later 

chapters. 

The

chapter

concludes 

with 

a

categorization 

of

data. 

It

is

important 

to

have 

a

conception 

of

the

kinds 

of

data

we

may

wish 

to

visualize 

so

that 

we

can

talk 

in

general 

terms 

about 

the

ways 

in

which 

whole

classes 

of

data 

should 

be

represented.

V

i

s

u

a

l

i

z

a

t

i

o

n

S

t

a

g

e

s

The

process 

of

data 

visualization 

includes 

four 

basic 

stages, 

combined 

in

a

number 

of

feedback

loops. 

These 

are

illustrated 

in

Figure 

1.2.

4

INFORMATION 

VISUALIZATION: 

PERCEPTION 

FOR

DESIGN

Figure 

1.2

A

schematic 

diagram 

of

the

visualization 

process.

Cover
Contents
Figure Credits
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1 Foundation for a Science of Data Visualisation
Chapter 2 The Environment, Optics, Resolution and the Display
Chapter 3 Lightness, Brightness, Contrast and Constancy
Chapter 4 Color
Chapter 5 Visual Attention and Information that Pops Out
Chapter 6 Static and Moving Patterns
Chapter 7 Visual Objects and Data Objects
Chapter 8 Space Perception and the Display of Data in Space
Chapter 9 Images, Worlds and Gestures
Chapter 10 Interacting with Visualizations
Chapter 11 Thinking with Visualizations
Appendix A Changing Primaries
Appendix B CIE Color Measurement System
Appendix C The Perceptual Evaluation of Visualization Techniques and Systems
Bibliography
Subject Index
Author Index
About the Author