An Infovis approach to compare ATC comets : A theoretical basis for comparing visual entities

Christophe Hurter (1, 2) , Vincent Kapp (2) , Stéphane Conversy (1)

1 LII - ENAC - Equipe Informatique Interactive
2 DTI - Direction de la technique et de l'innovation de la DGAC

Air Traffic Control systems display information with multiple visual entities. The research described in this paper is an initial effort to develop a theory-driven approach to the characterization of visual entities. We enhance the state of the art in data visualization to characterize four "comet" designs. This work helps to understand visualization more precisely and provides a basis to help the designer to formally assess the effectiveness of their work.

Mots clés: information visualization; design; graphical coding; taxonomy

Domaines: Informatique [cs]; Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]

Christophe Hurter, Vincent Kapp, Stéphane Conversy. An Infovis approach to compare ATC comets : A theoretical basis for comparing visual entities. ICRAT 2008, 3rd International Conference on Research in Air Transportation, Jun 2008, Fairfax, United States. ⟨hal-00904552⟩