tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256871403471561163.post865211955868890505..comments2023-10-19T06:21:06.601-05:00Comments on Cool Infographics: Marumushi News MapRandy Krumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356711837602028454noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256871403471561163.post-40011503754302060502007-09-06T07:35:00.000-05:002007-09-06T07:35:00.000-05:00I would propose that your computer screen is space...I would propose that your computer screen is space constrained, so the tree map is used to display all of the information within that constraint so you don't have to scroll to more data. The relative nature of the sizing works when you can see the whole tree map at once.<BR/><BR/>The block sizes based on the number of related stories can definitely be misleading. As you suggest, one based on the number of hits would be interesting, but I fear we would only see Brittany Spears stories. :)<BR/><BR/>Blocks based on the number of hits is also interesting philosophically. Just because a lot of people read the story, does that make the topic important? I could be convinced that yes, if the story is influencing a large number of people, no matter what the topic is, it is important to our society.Randy Krumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12356711837602028454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256871403471561163.post-4253464911590883002007-09-05T15:29:00.000-05:002007-09-05T15:29:00.000-05:00Interesting application of a treemap, because at f...Interesting application of a treemap, because at first, it didn't make sense. The web isn't space constrained - so why the treemap?<BR/><BR/>The relative size of the story block represents the number of related stories. However, this can be a bit misleading since it makes the assumption that the related stories are some surrogate for importance or relevance. (not necessarily a good assumption.)<BR/><BR/>An interesting excercise would be to build a treemap of hits for the same storie and then compare the two.Sprokitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16097019372086429318noreply@blogger.com