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PhotoMesa: a zoomable image browser using quantum treemaps and bubblemaps
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Proceedings of the 14th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology table of contents
Orlando, Florida
SESSION: Papers: Information visualization table of contents
Pages: 71 - 80  
Year of Publication: 2001
ISBN:1-58113-438-X
Author
Benjamin B. Bederson  University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Sponsors
SIGGRAPH: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
SIGCHI: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction
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ACM  New York, NY, USA
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ABSTRACT

PhotoMesa is a zoomable image browser that uses a novel treemap algorithm to present large numbers of images grouped by directory, or other available metadata. It uses a new interaction technique for zoomable user interfaces designed for novices and family use that makes it straightforward to navigate through the space of images, and impossible to get lost.PhotoMesa groups images using one of two new algorithms that lay out groups of objects in a 2D space-filling manner. Quantum treemaps are designed for laying out images or other objects of indivisible (quantum) size. They are a variation on existing treemap algorithms in that they guarantee that every generated rectangle will have a width and height that are an integral multiple of an input object size. Bubblemaps also fill space with groups of quantum-sized objects, but generate non-rectangular blobs, and utilize space more efficiently.


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