GEPS 030: New Visualization Techniques
The purpose of this GEP is to discuss new visualization techniques for possible inclusion in Gramps.
Contents
Background
At present Gramps offers three graphical visualizations of genealogical data:
- Classic family 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.
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)