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Visual comparison and exploration of natural history collections

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Martin Graham,

Jessie Kennedy,

Laura DowneyAuthors Info & Claims

AVI '06: Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces

Pages 310 - 313

https://doi.org/10.1145/1133265.1133329

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Natural history museum collections contain a wealth of specimen level data that is now opening up for digital access. However, current interfaces to access and manipulate this data are standard text-based query mechanisms, giving no leeway for exploratory investigation of the collections. By adapting previous work on multiple taxonomies we allow visual comparison of related museum collections to discover areas of overlap, naming errors, and unique sections of a collection, indicating areas of specialisation for individual collections and the complementarities of the set formed by the collections as a whole.

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Graham MKennedy J(2009)A Survey of Multiple Tree VisualisationInformation Visualization10.1057/ivs.2009.299:4(235-252)Online publication date: 5-Nov-2009
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Visual comparison and exploration of natural history collections
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Graphical user interfaces

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DOI:10.1145/1133265

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Mailhot J(2021)Visualizing the Future of Collections: How to Make Data Visualization Accessible and Useful for Managing Collections and MuseumsCollections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals10.1177/155019062199832517:4(478-501)Online publication date: 22-Mar-2021
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Dinkla KWestenberg MTimmerman Hvan Hijum Svan Wijk J(2011)Comparison of multiple weighted hierarchiesProceedings of the 13th Eurographics / IEEE - VGTC conference on Visualization10.1111/j.1467-8659.2011.01963.x(1141-1150)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2011
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Graham MKennedy J(2009)A Survey of Multiple Tree VisualisationInformation Visualization10.1057/ivs.2009.299:4(235-252)Online publication date: 5-Nov-2009
https://doi.org/10.1057/ivs.2009.29
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