Difference between revisions of "GEPS 030: New Visualization Techniques"
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| − | At present Gramps offers | + | At present Gramps offers two graphical visualizations of genealogical data as views: |
| − | * Classic family tree | + | * [[Gramps_3.4_Wiki_Manual_-_Main_Window#Pedigree_View|Pedigree View]] (Classic family tree) |
| + | * [[Gramps_3.4_Wiki_Manual_-_Main_Window#Fan_Chart_View|Fan chart]] | ||
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| + | And a number of [[Gramps_3.4_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports#Graphical_Reports|graphical reports]] for printout: | ||
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| + | * Classic family tree(s) | ||
| + | ** Ancestor Tree | ||
| + | ** Descendant Tree | ||
| + | ** Family Descendant Tree | ||
* Fan chart | * Fan chart | ||
* Timeline pedigree | * Timeline pedigree | ||
Revision as of 00:03, 26 August 2012
The purpose of this GEP is to discuss new visualization techniques for possible inclusion in Gramps.
Background
At present Gramps offers two graphical visualizations of genealogical data as views:
- Pedigree View (Classic family tree)
- Fan chart
And a number of graphical reports for printout:
- Classic family tree(s)
- Ancestor Tree
- Descendant Tree
- Family Descendant Tree
- Fan chart
- Timeline pedigree
In the last few years papers have been published describing new visualization techniques.
Quilts
Family trees are presented in the form of a grid.
Feature request "4649: GeneaQuilts visualization integration" asks for this functionality.
A video, demonstration software, and a paper describing the technique can be found on the Aviz website.
Status: A Gramps implementation is currently being written.
TimeNets
This is a type of timeline tree.
Wilfried Trabold pointed this out on the gramps-users mailing list in December 2010. Gerald was in a side-discussion with the authors to explore the possibility of working together to include this in Gramps.
Status: Not known.
Dual Trees
This is a method of combining graphs in a single display.
- Bi-directional top-down node-link diagrams
- Used for navigating genealogical graphs (family “trees”)
Status: Unexplored.
References
- Visualization in Genealogical Data (Jesus Miguel de la Fuente)
- GeneaQuilts project
- GeneaQuilts: A System for Exploring Large Genealogies (A. Bezerianos, P. Dragicevic, J.-D. Fekete, J. Bae, B. Watson)
- A list of publications relating to Quilts
- Tracing Genealogical Data with TimeNets (Nam Wook Kim, Stuart K. Card, Jeffrey Heer)
