Metrics for Functional and Aesthetic Label Layouts

Search Engine Result Visualisation: Challenges and Opportunities

“…Labels also define the structure and context of the domain of search and this is beneficial for first time searchers [7]. However, a compromise is necessary between aesthetics and functionality and remains a challenge shared by the wider visualisation community [32,33]. Appropriate length, clarity, content and expressiveness impact on aesthetics including the degree of occlusion, readability, unambiguous referral [32], distribution, consistency [33] and local and global clutter [15].…”

A parallel Fruchterman–Reingold algorithm optimized for fast visualization of large graphs and swarms of data

“…Ref. [11] shows several quality measurements for graph layouts. Next, in [12], quality measurements were studied from the point of view of human reading.…”

“…The layout should ideally help the reader to better understand the information contained in the graph. Several aesthetic techniques or metrics like edge crossing, line bends, symmetry, minimum angle or orthogonality are presented in [11].…”

The Design of Visual Information Objects in Three-Dimensional Virtual Environments for Engineering Information Navigation

“…Internal Labels or Surface Labels are most often associated with maps and are written on the surface of visual objects or spatially bound to an object (Vaaraniemi et al, 2013). They are frequently seen in the field of Biology where the names of parts of the body are written directly on the surface of the image (Hartmann et al, 2005). External Labels are more commonly associated with engineering drawings (BSI Group, 2004) with labels being placed surrounding the visual object and coupled with a connecting line to convey the relationship between label and object.…”