GMap


What is GMap?

GMap is an algorithm for visualizing graphs as maps. Information visualization can be invaluable in making sense out of large data sets. However, traditional graph visualization methods often fail to capture the underlying structural information, clustering, and neighborhoods. GMap, provides a way to overcome some of the shortcomings with the help of the geographic map metaphor. While graphs, charts, and tables often require considerable effort to comprehend, a map representation is more intuitive, as most people are very familiar with maps and even enjoy carefully examining maps. The effectiveness of GMap is illustrated with examples from several domains, namely TV shows, Amazon books, and last.fm music.

Examples

BookLand
TVLand
MusicLand
GDLand
Dynamic MusicLand

Papers

  • GMap: Drawing Graphs as Map, Emden Gansner, Yifan Hu and Stephen Kobourov.
  • Putting Recommendations on the Map - Visualizing Clusters and Relations, Emden Gansner, Yifan Hu, Stephen Kobourov and Chris Volinsky.


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